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The power of free interchange of ideas being wanting, the ideas themselves were barren.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This statement underscores the importance of free idea exchange for productive intellectual outcomes.
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But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
There is no ELASTIC element, everything is rigid, specified, dated.
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