And a monarch in the recesses of a palace, listening to a charmed flattery unbiassed by the miscellaneous world, who has always been hedged in by rank, is likely to be but a poor judge of public opinion.
Bagehot critiques the isolation of a monarch in a palace, suggesting it hinders their understanding of public sentiment.
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They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.
Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
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