Why is Method of Moments not the MLE for Beta Distribution?

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This is a question from a statistics textbook: Suppose that $X_1, \ldots, X_n$ form a random sample from the beta distribution with parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$. Let $\theta=(\alpha,\beta)$ be the vector parameter. Show that the method of moments estimator is not the M.L.E.

Denote $\alpha$ and $\beta$ in terms of method of moments, which is $\alpha = {m_1(m_1-m_2) \over m_2-m_1^2}$ and $\beta = {(1-m_1)(m_1-m_2) \over m_2-m_1^2}$, where $m_j = {1 \over n} \sum_{i=1}^n X^j_i$ for $j \ge 1$.

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