It is unwise to recommence a policy which so lately worked so ill." The king would indeed have the advantage which a permanent under-secretary has over his superior the Parliamentary secretary--that of having shared in the proceedings of the previous Parliamentary secretaries.
Bagehot warns against repeating policies that have previously failed, emphasizing the importance of historical awareness.
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Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.
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They are above corruption because they are the corruptors.
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