We have no aristocracy but of virtue and talent, which is the only true aristocracy, and is the old and true meaning of the term. (Thomas D'Arcy McGee)

We have no aristocracy but of virtue and talent, which is the only true aristocracy, and is the old and true meaning of the term.

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

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