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

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