Science tries to find in each bit of earth the record of the causes which made it precisely what it is; those forces have left their trace, she knows, as much as the tact and hand of the artist left their mark on a classical gem.
Bagehot illustrates how science seeks to uncover the historical causes behind the current state of the earth.
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He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.
If the above reasoning be sound, compulsory constituencies are necessary, voluntary constituencies destructive; the optional transferability of votes is not a salutary aid, but a ruinous innovation.
And, to the effectual maintenance of such a separation, the exclusion of the President's Ministers from the legislature is essential.
And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!
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