Walter Bagehot: “Nothing could be so conclusive against the American Constitution, as a…”

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Nothing could be so conclusive against the American Constitution, as a Constitution, as that incident.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot argues that a significant incident undermines the credibility of the American Constitution.

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Walter Bagehot: “Nothing could be so conclusive against the American Constitution, as a Constitution, as that incident.”