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Because there are two checks--one ancient and coarse, the other modern and delicate.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Because there are two checks--one ancient and coarse, the other modern and delicate.”
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Bagehot identifies two types of checks on the monarchy's power, one being traditional and the other modern.
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