Walter Bagehot: “And one sign of it is the great pain which we feel when our imitation has been unsuccessful.”

But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.

Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.

The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.

I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.