I've been reading that Walter Bagehot again. In his masterwork,
The English Constitution, he praises 'intelligible government'. What would my boy Walter make of the Donald? Try these for size:
If the highest post in conspicuous life were thrown open to public competition, this low sort of ambition and envy would be fearfully increased. Politics would offer a prize too dazzling for mankind; clever base people would strive for it, and stupid base people would envy it.
... the end of it always is, that you put a man at the head of society who very likely is remarkable for social defects, and is not eminent for social merits.
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