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In lines 33–34, the author writes that "ambition would induce them to aspire to office, and commands and honors, to form cabals against their competitors" in order to


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All right people Another english language thing being thrown at

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you here Let's go down the lines thirty three and

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thirty for right here The author writes that ambition would

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induce them to ask fire to office and commands and

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honors to form cat balls against their competitors in order

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to what All right Well here we go Well the

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king is under the illusion that the gentry will be

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a big help but they won't be there Men of

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pleasure fitter to grace a court Then to endure the

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rigor of military discipline in these lines of speakers saying

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that while they feel compelled to do useless but prestigious

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things like aspire to office and you know form ka

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balls a secret faction against their competitors well forming two

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balls is a lot like building a tree house That's

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only for members It's cool for the people doing it

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but not particularly helpful for anyone else So get rid

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of a the nobility isn't doing much of anything and

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especially not forming their own party in the civil war

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So we're to be the author doesn't mention what the

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organization of the parliament is like So where that comes

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from Get rid of d and he's criticizing the superficial

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efforts of the gentry not the military self You know

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you're ready That's it andrew See Contrast the nobility is

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aspirations with their actual support Yeah to mine own self 00:01:20.281 --> [endTime] be true or something like that

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