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But definitely aimed mimicry like this is always rare; original men who like their own thoughts do not willingly clothe them in words they feel they borrow.
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Walter Bagehot
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He argues that true originality in writing is rare and that most writers prefer to express their own thoughts.
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The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.
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