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England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.
England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.
Approximate author period: c. 1778 AD · early modern
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- Mary Wollstonecraft
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- Approximate author period: c. 1778 AD · early modern
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