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The samurai ideal , originally intended for that elite class alone , became de facto an ideology for the entire state . In Peter 's own day the results were frequently rather comical in Western eyes , but by the end of the 18th century the upper level of Russian society was socially acceptable to the elites of the rest of Europe and provided a sufficient number of competent military officers . Is there a tradition of the state of Israel , and , in general , the elites of the nation , when fighting with enemies claiming for justification high moral ground of the sort Herman indicates ? Why has the doctrine of the “ priesthood of all believers ” been set aside , both doctrinally and practically , so that an elite priestly class still performs the religious rituals for the laity ? Presented to the people as a fait accompli , the National Pact , itself a result of elite compromises , essentially legitimated a system of patronage and a division of spoils among the elites of the new nation-state , thus betraying the inability to locate a genuinely national base . Expert ( aka the elite ) . This was done , in part by introducing new Western techniques of military organization , or more accurately put , accelerating their introduction which had begun in the previous century , and by culturally reeducating the traditionally Russian service-oriented nobility so that it could deal more effectively with the elites of contemporary Western Europe . In contrast , OpenOffice.org gives users and developers full control over the source and its packaging and it is free , meaning it is not merely a tool for the elites of a nation . When Rep. Patrick Kennedy , D-R.I ., recently spent a month in rehab at the elite Mayo Clinic , he used a private medical insurance policy to pay for it , The New York Times reported .