Weaklings (added my American) don't last long, at any rate in our times.

'God and Nature turn out the incompetents almost as quickly as would the electorate.'.

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But my point is that the House of Lords, having in the past exploited this supposed miracle for all it was worth, are now (if the Liberals have any sense) to be faced with the overdraft which every miracle leaves to be paid sooner or later.

The longer-headed among the Peers perceived this some years ago; they all see it now, and are tumbling over each other in their haste to dodge the 'hereditary principle' somehow.