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Somehow, though, Penelope doubted that any Poor Bright Female would be chosen for such an exalted position.

In discrediting us, he seeks to turn the American people against the press and use their anger to control us and our coverage, all while exalting himself.

This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.

How does the nation reward its most exalted citizens?

Matthew 23: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”