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But it is quite certain that the Prussian bureaucracy, though we, for a moment, half admire it at a distance, does not permanently please the most intelligent and liberal Prussians at home.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that despite temporary admiration, the Prussian bureaucracy does not satisfy its own citizens in the long term.
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