“The artificial noble shrinks into a dwarf before the noble of nature; and in the few instances (for there are some in all countries) in whom nature, as by a miracle, has survived in aristocracy, those men despise it.” MenCountryMiracleNobleInstanceDespiseArtificialSurvivedShrinksAristocracyDwarfsDwarves Book:Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine Source: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine