It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the — John Buchan, John MacNab
It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the — John Buchan, John MacNab
It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the — John Buchan, John MacNab
It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the — John Buchan, John MacNab
It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the — John Buchan, John MacNab
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It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the State, they will continue in fact to be preposterously unequal.

— John Buchan, John MacNab
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