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On men like George III., with a predominant taste for business occupations, the routine duties of constitutional royalty have doubtless a calm and chastening effect.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot suggests that for individuals like George III, the responsibilities of constitutional royalty can have a stabilizing effect.
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