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They are so elevated above all the rest of mankind that they must look upon all their subjects as on a level.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They are so elevated above all the rest of mankind that they must look upon all their subjects as on a level.”
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Burke reflects on the elevated status of nobility and their perception of common subjects as equals.
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