If the practical part of the English Constitution could only be made out of a curious accumulation of mediaeval materials, its interest would be half historical, and its imitability very confined.
Bagehot argues that if the English Constitution were merely a collection of historical materials, its relevance and adaptability would be limited.
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And, to the effectual maintenance of such a separation, the exclusion of the President's Ministers from the legislature is essential.
He gave an excellent moral example to his contemporaries, but he is an instance of those whose good dies with them, while their evil lives after them.
But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
They say, We reject your Bill for this once or these twice, or even these thrice: but if you keep on sending it up, at last we won't reject it.
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