The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people.

Walter Bagehot

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Monarchy Democracy

Author

Walter Bagehot

Source

The English Constitution

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Bagehot, Walter. "The Cabinet." The English Constitution. London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Originally published in The Fortnightly Review, 15 May 1865 - 1 Jan. 1867.

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Theory of the true civilization.
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Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 58.

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