Catilina was an aristocrat, and put himself at the head of the populace.

Mirabeau belonged to the Court, and overthrew the monarchy.

Wilberforce, the defender of the negro, was not black himself." Wilhelm now for the first time looked more attentively at this stonemason, who talked so glibly of Catalina, Mirabeau and Wilberforce, and the thought passed through his mind that, at any rate, there was one good thing about Social Democracy--it brought education into circles to which it otherwise would never have penetrated.
"And so," Hessel wound up, "we workmen too must be led to victory by educated men." "You overlook one point, however," remarked Wilhelm.

"To be your leader, one must before all things share your convictions." "It is quite impossible that an educated and thoughtful man should not see the injustice of the present social system.

The government, which oppresses us, sees it as clearly as we do ourselves.