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The Radicals bought it by choosing the men whose principles were most adverse to them; the Conservatives bought it by agreeing to measures whose scope was most adverse to them.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot illustrates how both Radicals and Conservatives compromised their principles to achieve political goals.
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