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Many people assume that it was corruption that made such aristocracies fail.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Many people assume that it was corruption that made such aristocracies fail.”
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Du Bois critiques the common belief that corruption is the sole reason for the failure of aristocracies.
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