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Walter Bagehot: So that the theory which would make government by discussion the exclusive patrimony of a single race of mankind is on…

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So that the theory which would make government by discussion the exclusive patrimony of a single race of mankind is on the face of it untenable.
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Walter Bagehot

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He argues against the theory that governance through discussion is exclusive to a single race, deeming it untenable.

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