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I meant that the nominal constituency was not the real constituency. While some of his observations on the english system no. In this new cambridge texts edition it appears for the first time in its original 1867 book version, with bagehot s original conclusion, and the substantial introduction written for the second edition of. If there had been no reform act at all there would, nevertheless, have been a great change in english politics. Bagehots reputation wise chat sums up the achievement but also the problem of bagehots great work. Pronunciation of walter bagehot in oxford advanced learners dictionary. It appeared at the same time that parliament enacted the reform act of 1867, requiring bagehot to write an extended introduction to the second edition which appeared in 1872 bagehot also wrote.
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