Those guys took an open-minded view about natural aristocracy, though! It wasn't just about virtuous exertions... here's a quote from Adams to Jefferson, on Emm

Those guys took an open-minded view about natural aristocracy, though! It wasn't just about virtuous exertions... here's a quote from Adams to Jefferson, on Emma Hamilton [1]: > A daughter of a green Grocer, walks the Streets in London dayly with a baskett of Cabbage Sprouts, Dandelions and Spinage on her head. She is observed by the Painters to have a beautiful Face, an elegant figure, a graceful Step and a debonair. They hire her to Sitt. She complies, and is painted by forty Artists, in a Circle around her. The Scientific Sir William Hamilton outbids the Painters, Sends her to Schools for a genteel Education and Marries her. This Lady not only causes the Tryumphs of the Nile of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, but Seperates Naples from France and finally banishes the King and Queen from Sicilly. Such is the Aristocracy of the natural Talent of Beauty. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma,_Lady_Hamilton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma,_Lady_Hamilton