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Lord Lyndhurst had many great qualities: he had a splendid intellect--as great a faculty of finding truth as any one in his generation; but he had no love of truth.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot critiques Lord Lyndhurst's intellect and his relationship with truth, highlighting a paradox in his character.
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