Any notion, any creed, any feeling, any grievance which can get a decent number of English members to stand up for it, is felt by almost all Englishmen to be perhaps a false and pernicious opinion, but at any rate possible--an opinion within the intellectual sphere, an opinion to be reckoned with.
Bagehot argues that any opinion supported by a sufficient number of English members is considered worthy of consideration, even if it is deemed false.
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