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Quote by Walter Bagehot
The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it. – Walter Bagehot

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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other mens thoughts, to speak other mens words, to follow other mens habits. – Walter Bagehot

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