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This latter is the distinction on which we should fix our whole attention , for it is of vital importance , and elucidates the whole subject of constitutional law . Yet one or two facts may be noted which , though they do not solve the problem before us , do to some slight extent suggest the line in which its solution must be sought for. Parliamentary government may under favourable circumstances go a great way towards securing such blessings as the prevalence of personal liberty and the free expression of opinion . These words are a true statement of patent facts , but it will on examination be found that the change during recent years in English opinion , and also in colonial opinion , with regard to the relation between England and the Dominions presents rather more comlexity than at first sight may be apparent41 to a casual reader of Mr. As-quith 's address . Nor can any one who studies the present condition of English society seriously believe that , under any system whatever , an institution deliberately condemned by the voice of the people can for a long time be kept in existence . We now know for certain that while popular government may be under wise leadership a good machine for simply destroying existing evils , it may turn out a very poor instrument for the construction of new institutions or the realisation of new ideals . No author of modern times ( it may be confidently asserted ) has done so much to elucidate the intricate workings of English government as Bagehot .