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"It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgments, and these I can carry with me … These alone are my own and cannot be taken away."
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Rank"The man whose task and practice is to investigate souls will use precisely this art in a number of different forms in order to establish the ultimate value of a soul, the unalterable innate order of rank to which it belongs: he will put it to the test for its instinct of reverence."
A rank is a position in a hierarchy. It can be formally recognized—for example, cardinal, chief executive officer, general, professor—or unofficial.
"It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgments, and these I can carry with me … These alone are my own and cannot be taken away."
"Compared with genuine personal advantages, such as a great mind or a great heart, all the privileges of rank, birth, even royal birth, wealth, and so on, are as kings on the stage to kings in real life."