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Quotes from Lord Althorpe and the Great Reform Act of 1832 — Walter Bagehot

1826–1877 England

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The characteristic danger of great nations like the Romans or the English, which have a long history of continuous creation, is, that they may at last fail from not comprehending the great institutions which they have created.

Lord Althorpe and the Great Reform Act of 1832 (1876)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Bagehot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.