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Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" he answered, "not yet. the reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'anconia. we are expected to become one.

-Ayn Rand

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Fransisco, You're Some Kind Of Very High

Ayn Rand

Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" he answered, "not yet. the reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'anconia. we are expected to become one.

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