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It is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the west in modern times that, of all the classes which could be called in any sense privileged, it has shown the largest and most consistent concern for the well-being of the classes which lie below it in the social scale.
-Richard Hofstadter
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It Is The Historic Glory Of The

Richard Hofstadter
It is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the west in modern times that, of all the classes which could be called in any sense privileged, it has shown the largest and most consistent concern for the well-being of the classes which lie below it in the social scale.
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