The 20th century has shown enormous cognitive reserves in ordinary people that we have now realized, and the aristocracy was convinced that the average person couldn't make it, that they could never share their mindset or their cognitive abilities.
O século XX mostrou  enormes reservas cognitivas em pessoas comuns,  que só agora percebemos. A aristocracia estava convencida de que a pessoa média  nunca conseguiria lá chegar, que nunca partilharia a sua mentalidade ou as suas capacidades cognitivas.