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I do not mean that our statesmen should assume a pedantic and doctrinaire tone with the English people; if there is anything which English people thoroughly detest, it is that tone exactly.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot emphasizes the importance of communication style for statesmen in engaging with the English populace.
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