The new aristocracy of wealth, in so far as it had not been identical from the outset with the old hereditary aristocracy, pushed it permanently into the background (in Athens, in Rome, among the Germans).

• 新的财富贵族，既然从一开始就已经同旧的部落贵族不相符合，就把部落贵族完全排挤到后面去了（在雅典，在罗马，以及在德意志人中间）。