Rorty tells us that, "Liberals of Forster's time knew as well as the Marxists that the soul of history-if not of the novel or of humanity-is economic, but they thought that history had to be guided from the top down, by the gentlefolk."

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Rorty argues that both liberals and Marxists believed that economics was at the core of history, but liberals believed that the "gentlefolk" should guide history from the top down.

Rorty Tells Us That, "Liberals of Forster's Time Knew as Well