Let me illustrate: The presiding authority in the Church is not handed down from father to son, thus fostering an aristocratic tendency; also this authority is so wide-spread that anything like a "ruling family" would be impossible.

In a town where I once lived, the owner of the bank and the town blacksmith were called on missions.

They both were assigned to the same field, and the blacksmith was appointed to preside over the banker.

The banker submitted willingly to be directed in his missionary labors by one who, judged by worldly standards, was far beneath him in the social scale.

I know a shoemaker in the city who is a teacher in the theological class of his ward, whose membership consists of merchants, lawyers, doctors, and the like.
Although he is poor and earns his living by mending shoes, he is greatly respected for his goodness and his knowledge of Scriptural subjects and doctrine." "So you think--that a young fellow might--that it would not be wrong--or foolish for a poor man to think a lot of--of a rich girl, for instance." Uncle Zed peered at Dorian over his glasses.