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Responding to the increasing population and increasing demand for college education with extravagant growth is a characteristic result of the egalitarian educational philosophy of the Illinois State Legislature, which has virtually complete financial control over the University. The right of every citizen to a free elementary and secondary education has long been recognized, and this principle has been extended to the conclusion that a college education also is a tax-bought commodity which is collectable on demand. Until very recently, the only requirement for admission to the University of Illinois was graduation from an accredited high school in the state...
...lower classes that drudgery was part of the divine order and should be performed with diligence and thanks. A New Testament text, very popular for framing and hanging in the servants' quarters, was Ephesians 6: 5-6.* Such sentiments persisted into the 20th century, even in the more egalitarian U.S.; as late as 1927, Turner reports, John D. Rockefeller Sr. declared his admiration for a poem that began...
...19th century, when Britannia ruled the waves, its terra firma was unquestionably governed by the ruling classes. Though Britain today is a comparatively egalitarian society, most Englishmen are convinced that the country is still run by the Establishment, a tight little coterie of Top People who, by most definitions, include the leaders of the Tory party, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the editor of the Times, a scattering of Oxbridge dons, industrialists, financial mandarins, senior civil servants and a few fashionable hostesses...
...between the two family dynasties it is a further paradox that McCormack must run as an anti-Kennedy candidate. The picture of the President that adorns the wall of his office suggests the similarities between the two men. Ideologically McCormack is a liberal with the Kennedy blend of soaring, egalitarian rhetoric and halting political pragmatism. Other pictures on the mantle show the candidate with Harry Truman and Pope John XXIII...
...wedding Europe had seen since Britain's Elizabeth married the nephew of Constantine, onetime King of Greece. On hand in white tie and diamonds were five kings, four queens and 46 princes and princesses. "Like the old fairy tales," gushed a U.S. newshen. There were monarchs from the egalitarian kingdoms of Norway and The Netherlands, and out-of-season princelings and grand dukes from the royal boneyards of Lisbon and Estoril. From Britain came Princess Margaret and her commoner husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones; Tony wore elevator shoes to make himself taller than she is, and drew more cheers than...