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... elite even if by some miracle any ruling elite could have been endowed with the ascetic virtue that he preached . Similar misapprehensions have been cultivated by moderns who have behind them vastly more recorded history from which to ...
... elite even if by some miracle any ruling elite could have been endowed with the ascetic virtue that he preached . Similar misapprehensions have been cultivated by moderns who have behind them vastly more recorded history from which to ...
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... elite , the enlightened , the cultivated . Democracy is the political liberation of all men from the chains of power . Democracy in origin and in action is a system devised to break the primal source of all tyranny , which is the ...
... elite , the enlightened , the cultivated . Democracy is the political liberation of all men from the chains of power . Democracy in origin and in action is a system devised to break the primal source of all tyranny , which is the ...
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... elite who control this city and who are so proud of their ances- tral Americanism that they are doing far more harm to the cause of their country than is done , say , by a group of gangsters or criminals . The latter do grievous injury ...
... elite who control this city and who are so proud of their ances- tral Americanism that they are doing far more harm to the cause of their country than is done , say , by a group of gangsters or criminals . The latter do grievous injury ...
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Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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