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Read & copy the quotation
“the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.”
- Date
- 1796
Meaning of “the tyranny of wealth is still more galling…”
Wollstonecraft warns that replacing hereditary rank with concentrated economic power does not automatically secure meaningful liberty.
Where does it come from?
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Letter XIV; represented Cassell & Company 1889 text in Project Gutenberg #3529. After arguing that commerce helped England and America undermine feudal power, Wollstonecraft warns that “the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.” This remains historical political-economic reflection within the travel letters rather than present-day financial or legal guidance.
