"The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection"
This quote is written / told by Thomas Bulfinch between July 15, 1796 and May 27, 1867. He/she was a famous Writer from USA.
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