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Walter Bagehot: We have not enfranchised a class less needing to be guided by their betters than the old class; on the contrary, the new…

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We have not enfranchised a class less needing to be guided by their betters than the old class; on the contrary, the new class need it more than the old.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot argues that the new class of voters requires guidance even more than the old class did.

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