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But the failure of Louis Philippe to use his reserve power as constitutional monarch is the most instructive proof how great that reserve power is.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot uses Louis Philippe's failure to act decisively as a lesson on the importance of reserve power in monarchy.
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