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... become the instruments of a revolution which they did not intend and which they cannot interpret ; but that the interpretation which they have never seized has been given from the first , as it is being given now , by the majority into ...
... become the instruments of a revolution which they did not intend and which they cannot interpret ; but that the interpretation which they have never seized has been given from the first , as it is being given now , by the majority into ...
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... manner in which it is carried on , who must not see that government will become 1 See , e.g. , Canning's Speeches , vol . iv . , p . 376 . impracticable when the three branches shall be separate , each 14 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
... manner in which it is carried on , who must not see that government will become 1 See , e.g. , Canning's Speeches , vol . iv . , p . 376 . impracticable when the three branches shall be separate , each 14 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
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... becomes important to consider what the agitation really meant , and whether , or to what extent , it was based on democratic ideas . 2 One thing is clear to begin with . Whatever 1 The Court of Common Council of the City of London ...
... becomes important to consider what the agitation really meant , and whether , or to what extent , it was based on democratic ideas . 2 One thing is clear to begin with . Whatever 1 The Court of Common Council of the City of London ...
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... becoming necessary , for the credit of the House , to settle the question once for all . 6 From all this it is clear that the disturbance of the settlement of 1832 and the series of measures 6 1 Greville's Journal , vol . ii . , p . 294 ...
... becoming necessary , for the credit of the House , to settle the question once for all . 6 From all this it is clear that the disturbance of the settlement of 1832 and the series of measures 6 1 Greville's Journal , vol . ii . , p . 294 ...
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... been treated merely as a weapon in the political game . After 1832 it appears this had become possible . And here we come upon the ( real significance of the first Reform Act . Its im- 54 THE FURTHER TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY.
... been treated merely as a weapon in the political game . After 1832 it appears this had become possible . And here we come upon the ( real significance of the first Reform Act . Its im- 54 THE FURTHER TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY.
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