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Walter Bagehot: It would teach the House of Lords that it might shut its eyes to all the facts of real life and decide simply by an…

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It would teach the House of Lords that it might shut its eyes to all the facts of real life and decide simply by an abstract formula.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot critiques the idea that the House of Lords could ignore real-life facts in favor of abstract rules.

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