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Probably, if there is any body more than another which an educated Englishman nowadays regards with little favour, it is the Corporation of London.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgProbably, if there is any body more than another which an educated Englishman nowadays regards with little favour, it is the Corporation of London.
Bagehot observes the contemporary disdain for the Corporation of London among educated Englishmen.
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