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But even under our present Constitution a monarch like George III., with high abilities, would possess the greatest influence.
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Walter Bagehot
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He argues that even under the current Constitution, a capable monarch could still wield significant influence.
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He gave an excellent moral example to his contemporaries, but he is an instance of those whose good dies with them, while their evil lives after them.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
There is no ELASTIC element, everything is rigid, specified, dated.
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