Lord Palmerston was--now that he is dead, and his memory can be calmly viewed--as firm a friend to an aristocracy, as thorough an aristocrat, as any in England; yet he proposed to use that power.
Bagehot reflects on Lord Palmerston's complex relationship with aristocracy and his reform proposals.
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