Is not an hereditary nobility inconsistent with liberty? I will ask more, is it not inconsistent with public virtue? (Frances Wright)

Is not an hereditary nobility inconsistent with liberty? I will ask more, is it not inconsistent with public virtue?

Frances Wright

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