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The House of Commons can do work which the quarter-sessions or clubs cannot do, because it is an organised body, while quarter-sessions and clubs are unorganised.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that the organized nature of the House of Commons allows it to accomplish tasks that unorganized groups cannot.
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