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Can it be said that its unfriendliness to the legislation of the age is founded on a perception of what the age does not see, and a rectified perception of what the age does see?
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Can it be said that its unfriendliness to the legislation of the age is founded on a perception of what the age does not…”
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Bagehot questions whether the House of Lords' opposition to contemporary legislation is based on a deeper understanding.
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