Walter Bagehot: “They know that the next time they are in office the same sort of sharp practice may be used against them, and therefore…”

All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.

We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.

But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.

They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.