The addition of a contrasting mass would have excited the old leaven, but the delicate infusion of ingredients similar in genus, though different in species, has modified the new compound without irritating the old original.
Bagehot explains how a careful mix of similar peers can lead to political modification without causing disruption.
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But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
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