...neither rich enough nor powerful enough to exercise any great influence over their fellowcreatures, have nevertheless acquired or retained sufficient...his contemporaries, from him ; it throws him back for ever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of...

...neither rich enough nor powerful enough to exercise any great influence over their fellowcreatures, have nevertheless acquired or retained sufficient...his contemporaries, from him ; it throws him back for ever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of...

...neither rich enough nor powerful enough to exercise any great influence over their fellow-creatures, have nevertheless acquired or retained sufficient...his contemporaries, from him ; it throws him back for ever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of...

...The chapter itself defines the meaning attached to it by the author. — English Translator's Note. absorbed in downright selfishness. Selfishness is...him entirely within the solitude of his own heart. CHAPTER III. INDIVIDUALISM STRONGER AT THE CLOSE OF A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION THAN AT OTHER PERIODS....

...man almost always knows his forefathers, and respects them : he thinks he already sees his remote_ descendants, and he loves them. He willingly imposes...him entirely within the solitude of his own heart. CHAPTER III. INDIVIDUALISM STRONGER AT THE CLOSE OF A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION THAN AT OTHER PERIODS....

...the habit of always considering them- I selves as standing alone, and they are apt to imagine that j their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus, not...him entirely within the solitude of his own heart. r CHAPTER III. INDIVIDUALISM STRONGER AT THE CLOSE OF A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION THAN AT OTHER PERIODS....

...retained sufficient education and fortune to satisfy their own wants. They owe nothing to any mau. They expect nothing from any man. They acquire the...confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.1 It is this de mcratic characteristic which lies at the very foundation of American civilization...

...went before are sonu forgotten; of those who will rom« after, no one has any idea. The interest, of a man is confined to those in close propinquity to himself....confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.1 It is this do-.nocratic characteristic which lies at- the very foundation of American civilization...

...habit of considering themselves as standing alone. Democracy makes every man forget his ancestors, hides his descendants, and separates his contemporaries...from him: it throws him back forever upon himself. Individualism is a feeling which disposes each member of the community to sever himself from the mass...

...habit of considering themselves as standing alone. Democracy makes every man forget his ancestors, hides his descendants, and separates his contemporaries...from him : it throws him back forever upon himself. Individualism is a feeling which disposes each member of the community to sever himself from the mass...