In the room of holding out an example for.... : Quote by Eliza Parsons

“ In the room of holding out an example for imitation, [the nobility] give only a warning to the lower classes of the people, who are taught to despise the boasted pre-eminence of birth, when attached to the meanest actions and most unwarrantable pursuits; and from hence proceeds all the licentiousness and spirit of equality that causes general disturbance. ”

Eliza Parsons
  • From : The Girl of the Mountains
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