Walter Bagehot: “It is with both an accepted secret doctrine that the Crown does more…”

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It is with both an accepted secret doctrine that the Crown does more than it seems.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot suggests that there is an accepted understanding of the Crown's hidden powers.

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They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.

All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.

Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.

But as soon as the House met, Lord Thurlow became the greatest.

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Walter Bagehot: “It is with both an accepted secret doctrine that the Crown does more than it seems.”