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Aldous Huxley

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

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Aldous Huxley is saying that the idea of everyone being equal is something most reasonable people do not actually believe in everyday life. He suggests that this belief is more of a theoretical statement than a reality people accept.

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