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The task of revising, of adequately revising the legislation of this age, is not only that which an aristocracy has no facility in doing, but one which it has a difficulty in doing.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that aristocracies struggle with the task of effectively revising contemporary legislation.
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