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Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.

条件平等与文明是不相容的，它只存在于那些与野蛮状态只有一点距离的社区中。实际上，它只能意味着一种普遍的痛苦。

— James Fenimore Cooper 詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏