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There is a third idolatry from which that of rank preserves us, and perhaps it is the worst of any--that of office.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot discusses the dangers of idolizing office positions in society.
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The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.
But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
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