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which he believed to be legitimate, and as the serf looked upon his own inferiority as a consequence of the immutable order of nature, it is easy to imagine that a mutual exchange of good-will took place between two classes so differently gifted by fate.
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel


All the preoccupations of childhood and youth dissipated from him without leaving a trace; he was given to lust, and to vanity—even, toward the end of school, to liberalism—but was protected by a strong inborn sense of moderation.
Leo Tolstoy • The Death of Ivan Ilych (The Art of the Novella)



