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But very soon that line comes to a child or an idiot, or one by some defect or other incapable.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But very soon that line comes to a child or an idiot, or one by some defect or other incapable.”
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Bagehot warns of the dangers of hereditary succession leading to incompetent rulers, emphasizing the risks of monarchy.
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