On the record
There is no division of society into orders, by which some have privilege and some have not, some have opportunity and advantages which others have not.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgThere is no division of society into orders, by which some have privilege and some have not, some have opportunity and advantages which others have not.
Beecher critiques social inequality, emphasizing that society should not be divided by privilege.
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