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  • Custom, law, and all the paraphernalia of civilization, had set the division and marked the boundary between them, -- had forbidden the lesser in world's rank to speak to the greater, unless the greater began conversation, -- had equally forbidden the greater to speak to the lesser lest such condescension should inflate the lesser's vanity so much as to make him obnoxious to his fellows.

    Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889

  • George Bush the lesser's slimy forces were slithering all over the state, smearing McCain with robocalls; hinting that he had fathered a black child (he has an adopted girl from Bangladesh).

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2008

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