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28 expressed them. One of the members of the Parliament recently said that a true Christian could not become a member of it. Another said that it was a baby. And, if it has remained a baby after an existence of seven hundred years, when will it outgrow its babyhood?


 * You have set me thinking; you do not expect me to accept at once all you say. You give me entirely novel views. I shall have to digest them, Will you now explain the epithet "prostitute"?


 * That you cannot accept my views at once is only right. If you will read the literature on this subject, you will have some idea of it. The Parliament is without a real master. Under the Prime Minister, its movement is not steady, but it is buffeted about like a prostitute. The Prime Minister is more concerned about his power than about the welfare of the Parliament. His energy is concentrated upon securing the success of his party. His care is not always that the Parliament shall do right. Prime Ministers are known to have made the Parliament do things merely for party advantage. All this is worth thinking over.


 * Then you are really attacking the very men whom we have hitherto considered to be patriotic and honest?


 * Yes, that is true; I can have nothing against Prime Ministers, but what I have seen leads