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But though such a party might not select the very best leader, they have the strongest motives to select a very good leader.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But though such a party might not select the very best leader, they have the strongest motives to select a very good…”
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Bagehot acknowledges that while a party may not choose the best leader, they are motivated to select a competent one.
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It is natural that those who by special and admirable culture have come to look at all things upon the artistic side, should start back from these queer peculiarities.
These anomalies, in a hundred instances, mark the old boundaries of a constitutional struggle.
The casual line was traced according to the strength of deceased combatants; succeeding generations fought elsewhere; and the hesitating line of a half-drawn battle was left to stand for a perpetual limit.
I cannot, therefore, join in the full cry against anomalies; in my judgment it may quickly overrun the scent, and so miss what we should be glad to find.
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