Every member in the throng, every atom in the medley, has his own objects (good or bad), his own purposes (great or petty); his own notions, such as they are, of what is; his own notions, such as they are, of what ought to be.
Bagehot reflects on the diverse motivations and perspectives of individuals within a society.
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But as soon as the House met, Lord Thurlow became the greatest.
If those persons be people of different temperaments, different ideas, and different educations, you have an almost infallible security that nothing, or almost nothing, will be done with excessive rapidity.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
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