...world fulfils all the outward duties of religion with fervor. Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first...diametrically opposed to each other ; but in America 1 found that they were intimately united, and that they reigned in common over the same country. My...

...world fulfils all the outward duties of religion with fervour. Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first...attention ; and the longer I stayed there, the more did I percetve the great political consequences resulting from this state of things, to which I was unaccustomed....

...world fulfils all the outward duties of religion with fervour. Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention ; and the longer 1 stayed there, the more did I perceive the great political consequences resulting from this state...

...there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France, I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America, I found they were intimatelv united, and that they...

...the world fulfil with fervor all the outward duties of religion. On my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first...attention ; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France, I...

...religious phase of American character was noted both by Tocqueville and Bourget, the former declaring that the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck his attention, the latter giving it a rank among American traits second only to the love of activity....

...UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS LIFE IN ANY STUDY OF AMERICAN CULTURE UPON my arrival in the United States," wrote de Tocqueville, "the religious aspect of the country...resulting from this state of things, to which I was unaccustomed."1 In this passage is the epitome of two civilizations : the Latin, accustomed to keep...

...between the nature of man, religion, and political institutions. "On my arrival" in America, he wrote, "the religious aspect of the country was the first...attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things."89 In a nutshell,...

...struck, however, not just by the simple fact of Christianity but by its character. "In France," he wrote, "I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned...

...was not true for all societies, however, as Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in 1831: "In France I have almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America, I found they were intimately united." Because Europe's...