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The most hopeless idleness is that most smoothed with excellent plans.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This quote reflects Bagehot's belief that having grand plans without action leads to ultimate idleness.
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And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.
If the above reasoning be sound, compulsory constituencies are necessary, voluntary constituencies destructive; the optional transferability of votes is not a salutary aid, but a ruinous innovation.
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