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Today we frankly recognize that democracy can be no more than aspiration, and have rule not so much by the people as by the cleverest people; not an aristocracy of birth, not a plutocracy of wealth, but a true meritocracy of talent.

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Every bodily process is pulsing to its own beat within the overall beat of the solar system.

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Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington

Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington

Born: August 9, 1915
Died: January 14, 2002 (aged 86)
Bio: Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington was a British sociologist, social activist and politician who coined the term "meritocracy".
Known for:
  1. The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958)
  2. Family and Kinship in East London (1957)
  3. The New East End: Kinship, Race and Conflict
  4. The Estranged Object

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