Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her…

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Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated), p.1305, Delphi Classics
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