helotry

But, after all, their state is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.

The State is but a gigantic Sparta, in which the helotry are marked by an indelible difference of color and race from the masters.

But, after all, their State is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.

It would be worth his while to keep his commercial helotry supplied with sceptical literature.