"The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots, And the Cabots speak only to God." This was true at one time, but that time was the

"The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots, And the Cabots speak only to God." This was true at one time, but that time was the better part of a century and a half ago. The last vestiges of that were removed when Kennedy became president. If you show up to buy a house on Louisburg Square on Beacon Hill, or a mansion on Tory Row in Cambridge, and you're willing to pay ${millions} cash on the nail, nobody is going to check your ancestry or your place in the social register before selling to you.