Walter Bagehot: “The ancients had no conception of progress; they did not so much as reject the idea; they did not even entertain the…”

But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.

But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.

The United States could not have become monarchical, even if the Constitutional Convention had decreed it, even if the component States had ratified it.

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.