As a theoretical writer I can venture to say, what no elected member of Parliament, Conservative or Liberal, can venture to say, that I am exceedingly afraid of the ignorant multitude of the new constituencies.
Bagehot expresses his concerns about the influence of uneducated voters in new constituencies.
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The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.
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