But how few princes have ever felt the anomalous impulse for real work; how uncommon is that impulse anywhere; how little are the circumstances of princes calculated to foster it; how little can it be relied on as an ordinary breakwater to their habitual temptations!
Bagehot laments the rarity of princes who possess a genuine desire for meaningful work, highlighting the challenges they face.
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It is absurd to choose by contested party election an impartial chooser of Ministers.
Now it is not conceivable that a race of beings with valuable instincts supporting their existence and supplying their wants would need these simple tools.
They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.
In early society, originality in life was forbidden and repressed by the fixed rule of life.
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