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and Europe had rigid social classes aided and abetted by the Christian church. The expressions “well born” and “of a good family” are not the lingua franca of a society putting much credence in equal creation as a Christian principle. And then there is the United States and its tolerance of slavery from its colonial days to the middle of the 19th century, and its tolerance of segregation until recent memory.

Nor can support for the claim

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