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Lionel Trilling

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

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Lionel Trilling is saying that liberals and progressives recognize the poor as equal people in all ways except in terms of social or economic status. He points out that while they share fundamental human qualities, the poor are not treated or seen as equal in society.

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