aretheexception
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class
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sofaliesriseandothersgodoocracyisintainedintheorineonehaspointedout,byourprodigal
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andablentorisefrohebottofthesinationsnonewereexcludedexceptthesonsofbeggarsorprostitutesandeducationsostlythatonlysonsofthehigherclassesuldafforditwhileleaingwasaprivilegeofthetalented,itheprivilegeoftherich,nooneobeseriouslyhandiaybesaidthat
thereyofopportunityforall
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,asthereerursebetheseclasses,
exenclass,arredby”classfeeling”and
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aska,perhapsh
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erchantsandartisans,alllookuptothescholarsasaclassentitledtoprivilegeandextraurtesy,andhthedifficultyofacquiringaknoheoftheirhearts
1astrikingexaleofthisisntainedintaesketchcalled”decracy”insorsetughaonachinesescreen
vitheletriad
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thisistheso”hthefinancial
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parasitesoilies
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offinelungchingteaanysuchsighsandflashesofinsight,theoffianfatandhunrrohe
offiedofhisoeheis
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ihavealythoughtshthedivinely
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