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The Case for Elitism [February 4, 1997]

The Case for Elitism [February 4, 1997]

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John Mendelssohn
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The Case for Elitism [February 4, 1997]
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Someone famous (albeit not quite famous enough to be linkable with his or her quote by Google in 2007) apparently once observed that the public is a pig.

Apologies, I think, to the pig.

The Brits, among whom I have resided for nearly five years now, would prefer to imagine that they are less swinish than Americans, but one need only stroll along the Tha…

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