A steady opposition to a formed public opinion is hardly possible in our House of Commons, so incessant is the national attention to politics, and so keen the fear in the mind of each member that he may lose his valued seat.
Bagehot emphasizes the constant political attention of the nation and its impact on parliamentary behavior.
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He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Now it is not conceivable that a race of beings with valuable instincts supporting their existence and supplying their wants would need these simple tools.
Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.
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