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But though there was no legal limit, there was a practical limit to subjection in (what may be called) the pagan part of human nature--the inseparable obstinacy of freemen.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot points out the practical limits of authority in the context of human nature and the inherent resistance of free individuals.
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