"In my mind, he was guilty of no error he — was chargeable with no exaggeration — he was betrayed by his fancy into no metaphor, who once said that all we see about us, Kings, Lords, and Commons, the whole machinery of the State, all the apparatus of the system, and its varied workings, end in simply bringing twelve men into a box."
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Lord Chancellors (United Kingdom)People from EdinburghBritish peersPoliticians from ScotlandWhig (British political party) politicians
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