This absurdity has been cured; but the error from which it arose has not been cured--the error of having two supreme courts, to both of which as time goes on, the same question is sure often enough to be submitted, and each of which is sure every now and then to decide it differently.
Bagehot critiques the ongoing issue of having two supreme courts that may render inconsistent decisions.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.
The power of free interchange of ideas being wanting, the ideas themselves were barren.
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