They are rivalled, to say the least of the matter, in every laborious and lucrative course of life; while every franchise, every honor, every trust, every place, down to the very lowest and least confidential, (besides whole professions,) is reserved for the master caste.
Burke highlights the competitive nature of labor and the exclusion of the majority from positions of power and trust.
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