"A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants.... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not, of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks, or in any way really raise them above the servants they employ, who are quite aware of this fact, and that the possession of wealth is literally the only superiority their employers have over them."
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Further Records, 1848-1883, vol. 1; entry dated February 12, 1874 (1891).
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Fanny Kemble
Fanny Kemble (November 27, 1809 – 1893) was a famous British actress and author in the early and mid nineteenth century.
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