They were early taught to de-
spise that greatness which could only
boast of hereditary distinction, and to
consider os birth as only enti-
tled to respect when it was attended with
superior merit.
spise that greatness which could only
boast of hereditary distinction, and to
consider os birth as only enti-
tled to respect when it was attended with
superior merit.
Childrens - Tales of the Hermitage
