Just as the knowledge that his men CAN strike makes a master yield in order that they may not strike, so the knowledge that their House could be swamped at the will of the king--at the will of the people--made the Lords yield to the people.
Bagehot discusses the balance of power between the monarchy, the House of Lords, and the people in the context of political influence.
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The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.
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