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Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically --while simulating a triumphant march forward --than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

Source: My Past and Thoughts, vol. 2, pt. 5, ch. 38, Post Scriptum (1921; tr. by Constance Garnett 1924 --27).
-- Alexander Herzen, (Apr 6 1812-1870), Russian author; He distrusted governments, was sceptical of western democratic forms, and had great faith in the power of peasants and other ordinary people to organise themselves.

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