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The new philosophy [of equality] strikes further than at the existence of patriotism. It strikes at the home; it strikes at the individuality of man. It would reduce civilised society to human fiocks and herds.
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© 1996 E. Spencer Wellhofer
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Wellhofer, E.S. (1996). ‘A Deity of Equality’ and ‘Even a Safer Class of the Population’: Debates on Expanding the Polity. In: Democracy, Capitalism and Empire in Late Victorian Britain, 1885–1910. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24688-5_2
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