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He was always a success, and it seemed reasonable to assume that he would be successful in this new endeavour as well. As it happened he had underestimated the particularities of politics and the specifics of the craft, assuming, one supposes, that they did not take time to master. In Malcolm’s world success had always bred success. In retrospect this view was not confident so much as arrogant.
Surprisingly, arrogance was not enough. It may have been enough for successful banking, where the framework for the exchange is established by mutual consent, generally because everyone at the table will win one way or another. Malcolm has discovered that politics is a different affair, one that admits neither rule nor consent, mutual or otherwise.
The best thing he could do in light of all this is to take a stand, returning to the backbench on the basis of a personal principle. Strategic withdrawal as a precursor to a renewed forward thrust.
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