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"If there was one rule connected with the public service which more than any other ought to be scrupulously observed, it was this, that the salary of a public officer, more especially if he were of high rank, ought to cover all the services he might be called upon to render Any departure from this rule must be dangerous" Hansard vol 101, p138 14 August 1848 (quoted by Babbage in his autobiography).

Gladstone could totally have won the 2010 election :)

Also, it is no surprise that Babbage read Hansard, as the guy was nuts.