Walter Bagehot: “The Lower Chamber is a chamber of eager politicians; the Upper (to say the least) of not eager ones.”

All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.

They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.

Now it is not conceivable that a race of beings with valuable instincts supporting their existence and supplying their wants would need these simple tools.

The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.