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All Federal Government is, in truth, a case in which what I have called the dignified elements of government do not coincide with the serviceable elements.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot discusses the disconnection between dignified and serviceable elements of government in a federal system, highlighting structural complexities.
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