An hereditary monarchy, an order of nobility, and the complex ranks of superior and inferior, established by the feudal system, all declare, not the equality, but the inequality of men, and all conspire to perpetuate this inequality.
Sumner critiques hereditary monarchy and nobility for perpetuating inequality among men.
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