Walter Bagehot: “It satisfies the essential condition; there is a people able to elect, a Parliament able to choose.”

The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.

But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.

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

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!