“The aristocracy,” she repeated. “At its worst, a sargasso of every conceivable neurosis society may have; by… — Samuel R. Delany
“The aristocracy,” she repeated. “At its worst, a sargasso of every conceivable neurosis society may have; by naming itself it has agreed to its own death. But at least it has had the dignity to applaud its own order of execution in the past if the document is eloquent.”
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