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His career is not in the air; he labours in the world of sober fact; he deals with schemes which can be effected--schemes which are desirable--schemes which are worth the cost.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This statement highlights the practical nature of a monarch's work in addressing real-world issues.
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The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.
And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.
Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.
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