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“Inequality is not only natural and inborn, it grows with the complexity of civilization.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History

“Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History

“Custom gives the same stability to the group that heredity and instinct give to the species, and habit to the individual. It is the routine that keeps men sane; for if there were no grooves along which thought and action might move with unconscious ease, the mind would be perpetually hesitant, and would soon take refuge in lunacy.”
― Our Oriental Heritage
― Our Oriental Heritage

“So the first biological lesson of history is that life is competition.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
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