 It was implied that the gap between them could not be overcome by education.During the war, a pamphlet entitled "Athenian Constitution", was produced and credited to an author now known as the "Old Oligarch".He derided the democracy writing "As for the constitution of the Athenians, I do not praise them for having chosen it, because in choosing it they have given the better of it to the vulgar people ("poneroi") rather than to the good ("chrestoi")."