And thus Englishmen easily find themselves committed to anti-aristocratic sentiments which are the direct opposite of their real feeling, and their collective action may be bitterly hostile to rank while the secret sentiment of each separately is especially favourable to rank.
Bagehot explains how Englishmen may outwardly oppose aristocracy while secretly favoring it.
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