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23 the democratic bretts THE WITTINS, HEARING THEIR neighbors the Bretts had a new fonn of government, sent a party to study the system and report on how it worked out in practice. The delegation found the Bretts anxious to enlighten others. "Our system is simple," they said. "It's founded on the belief that every man is the equal of every other." [ 44 ] The Wittins asked, "Do you believe you are the equal of our king, whose ancestors, as everybody knows, were the Sun and the Moon?" The Bretts answered loudly, "We are the equal of your king in every way. There's no such thing as one man being higher than another." The Wittins glanced at one another in astonishment and then said: "In our country there is a murderer so depraved that he is incapable of feeling those human emotions that distinguish some men from beasts. Now, if all men are equal, and you are as high as a divinely born king, are you also as low as a monster?" Everyone is as good as the best, but no one is as bad as the worst. ...

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