The American legislators of the last century have been much blamed for not permitting the Ministers of the President to be members of the assembly; but, with reference to the specific end which they had in view, they saw clearly and decided wisely.
Bagehot defends the decision of early American legislators to exclude the President's Ministers from Congress.
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I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
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