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Old 08-28-2002, 04:54 PM   #32
Nevfeniel
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I know this isn't quite on topic, but I had to respond to this:
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If only it were like it was in the ancient times, when people who could read were considered noble.
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...it's not so much that they were considered noble in the way I think you mean as that they belonged to the nobility.
But didn't they belong to the nobility because they could read?
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