So that you will find in all these countries,--Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria in its two Parliaments, Italy, and Spain,--that the number adopted for the lower House is much larger than any now proposed for our House of Representatives.
Sumner argues that many countries have larger lower houses than the proposed size for the U.S. House of Representatives, emphasizing a trend in legislative representation.
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