This is the mode in which Lord Palmerston's administration has been lately maintained; a Ministry in many ways defective, but more beneficially vigorous abroad, and more beneficially active at home, than the vast majority of English Ministries.
Bagehot assesses Lord Palmerston's administration as effective despite its flaws, emphasizing its vigor.
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