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The commencing dissatisfaction did but relate to the personal demerits of the Whig leaders, and other temporary adjuncts of free principles, and not to those principles intrinsically.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot reflects on the nature of political dissatisfaction in relation to leadership and principles.
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