Walter Bagehot: “A new world has arisen which is not as the old world; and we naturally…”

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A new world has arisen which is not as the old world; and we naturally ascribe the change to the Reform Act.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes the significant transformation in society attributed to the Reform Act.

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Walter Bagehot: “A new world has arisen which is not as the old world; and we naturally ascribe the change to the Reform Act.”