There is so much that is wearisome and detestable in all other election machineries, that I well understand, and wish I could share, the sense of relief with which the believers in this scheme throw aside all their trammels, and look to an almost ideal future when this captivating plan is carried.
Bagehot expresses his understanding of the appeal of a new electoral scheme amidst dissatisfaction with existing systems.
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Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.
I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.
He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.
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