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But a little experience and less thought show that royalty cannot take credit for domestic excellence.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But a little experience and less thought show that royalty cannot take credit for domestic excellence.”
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Bagehot argues that the institution of royalty should not be credited with domestic excellence, based on historical examples.
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