Democracy in America, Volumen1G. Adlard, 1839 |
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... social order . By his la- borious investigations , and minute observations of the history of the settlement of the country , and of its progress through the co- lonial state to independence , he found the object of his inquiry in the ...
... social order . By his la- borious investigations , and minute observations of the history of the settlement of the country , and of its progress through the co- lonial state to independence , he found the object of his inquiry in the ...
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... Social condition of the Anglo - Americans 42 The striking characteristic of the social condition of the Anglo - Ameri- cans is its essential Democracy 42 Political consequences of the social condition of the Anglo - Americans 49 CHAPTER ...
... Social condition of the Anglo - Americans 42 The striking characteristic of the social condition of the Anglo - Ameri- cans is its essential Democracy 42 Political consequences of the social condition of the Anglo - Americans 49 CHAPTER ...
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... social pow- er , and the man of letters took a part in the affairs of the State . The value attached to the privileges of birth decreased in the exact proportion in which new paths were struck out to advancement . In the eleventh ...
... social pow- er , and the man of letters took a part in the affairs of the State . The value attached to the privileges of birth decreased in the exact proportion in which new paths were struck out to advancement . In the eleventh ...
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... social ladder , and the roturier has gone up ; the one descends as the other rises . Every half - century brings them nearer to each other , and they will very shortly meet . Nor is this phenomenon at all peculiar to France ...
... social ladder , and the roturier has gone up ; the one descends as the other rises . Every half - century brings them nearer to each other , and they will very shortly meet . Nor is this phenomenon at all peculiar to France ...
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... social equality is at once the past and future of their history , this solitary truth would confer the sacred character of a di- vine decree upon the change . To attempt to check democracy would be in that case to resist the will of God ...
... social equality is at once the past and future of their history , this solitary truth would confer the sacred character of a di- vine decree upon the change . To attempt to check democracy would be in that case to resist the will of God ...
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Página 29 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 214 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 29 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página 213 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 137 - When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed, to be the guardians of those interests ; to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Página 45 - I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property.
Página 417 - All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and they have only to maintain their power; but these are still in the act of growth. All...
Página 105 - The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.
Página 289 - Americans have a sincere faith in their religion, for who can search the human heart? but I am certain that they hold it to be indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions. This opinion is not peculiar to a class of citizens or to a party, but it belongs to the whole nation, and to every rank of society.
Página 105 - The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state.