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When, therefore, the new communities of the colonised world have to choose a government, they must choose one in which ALL the institutions are of an obvious evident utility.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “When, therefore, the new communities of the colonised world have to choose a government, they must choose one in which…”
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Bagehot asserts that new communities must select governments based on clear and practical utility.
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