성문종합영장문(명사2) 3-1

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장문 3-1

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent

A man who has to undergo a dangerous operation does not act on the assumption that one doctor is just as good as another.

Editors do not print every contribution that reaches them.

And when they require civil servants, even the most democratic governments make a careful selection among their theoretically equal subjects.

At ordinary times, then, we are perfectly certain that men are not equal.