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ttheLowerHouseagainsttheeternalinsolenceofthearist ocracy
oftalents.WehaveestablishednowinEnglandthethingtow ardswhich
allsystemshavedimlygropedthedullpopulardespotismwi thoutillu-
sions.WewantonemanattheheadofourStatenotbecausehei sbril-
liantorvirtuousbutbecauseheisonemanandnotachatteri ngcrowd.
Toavoidthepossiblechanceofhereditarydiseasesorsuch thingswe
haveabandonedhereditarymonarchy.TheKingofEnglandis chosen
likeajurymanuponanofficialrotationlist.Beyondthatt hewholesys-
tem is quietly despoticand we have not found it raise a murmur.
DoyoureallymeanaskedthePresident,incredulously,tha tyou
chooseanyordinarymanthatcomestohandandmakehimdes-
pot—that you trust to the chance of some alphabetical list… .
Andwhynot?
criedBarker."Didnothalfthehistoricalnationstrust
tothechanceoftheeldestsonsofeldestsonsanddidnothal fofthem
getontolerablywell?Tohaveaperfectsystemisimpossibl e;tohavea
systemisindispensable.Allhereditarymonarchieswerea matterofluck:
soarealphabeticalmonarchies.Canyoufindadeepphiloso phicalmean-
inginthedifferencebetweentheStuartsandtheHanoveria ns?Believe
meIwillundertaketofindadeepphilosophicalmeaningint hecontrast
between the dark tragedy of the A'sand the solid success of the B's."
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