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Thirty or forty such men, added judiciously and sparingly as years went on, would have given to the House of Lords the very element which, as a criticising chamber, it needs so much.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot suggests that a careful addition of distinguished individuals could have revitalized the House of Lords.
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