Walter Bagehot: “In action it is equally this quality in which the English--at least so I claim it for them--excel all other nations.”

And, to the effectual maintenance of such a separation, the exclusion of the President's Ministers from the legislature is essential.

Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.

Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.

But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.