Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed. (Robert Silverberg)

Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed.

Robert Silverberg

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