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Each Honest Calling, Each Walk Of Life, Has Its Own Elite, Its Own Aristocracy Based On Excellence Of Performance. . . . There Will Always Be The False Snobbery Which Tries To Place One Vocation Above Another. You Will Become A Member Of The Aristocracy In The American Sense Only If Your Accomplishments And Integrity Earn This Appellation.

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Each Honest Calling, Each Walk Of Life,

James Bryant Conant

Each Honest Calling, Each Walk Of Life, Has Its Own Elite, Its Own Aristocracy Based On Excellence Of Performance. . . . There Will Always Be The False Snobbery Which Tries To Place One Vocation Above Another. You Will Become A Member Of The Aristocracy In The American Sense Only If Your Accomplishments And Integrity Earn This Appellation.

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