Walter Bagehot: “A sagacious and original constitutional monarch might go to his grave…”

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A sagacious and original constitutional monarch might go to his grave in peace if any man could.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot suggests that a wise constitutional monarch can find peace in their role.

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Walter Bagehot: “A sagacious and original constitutional monarch might go to his grave in peace if any man could.”