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