Democracy in America, Volumen1J. & H.G. Langley, 1841 |
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... of democ- racy , and for , what it is believed it will speedily become , a text - book of the schools , and a classic of the age . PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . THE following work of PREFACE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
... of democ- racy , and for , what it is believed it will speedily become , a text - book of the schools , and a classic of the age . PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . THE following work of PREFACE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
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... severed mankind , are lowered ; property is divided , power is held in common , the light of intelli gence spreads , and the capacities of all classes are equally cultiva ted ; the state becomes democratic , and the empire 7.
... severed mankind , are lowered ; property is divided , power is held in common , the light of intelli gence spreads , and the capacities of all classes are equally cultiva ted ; the state becomes democratic , and the empire 7.
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Alexis de Tocqueville. ted ; the state becomes democratic , and the empire of democracy is slowly and peaceably introduced into the institutions and manners of the nation . I can conceive a society in which all men would profess an equal ...
Alexis de Tocqueville. ted ; the state becomes democratic , and the empire of democracy is slowly and peaceably introduced into the institutions and manners of the nation . I can conceive a society in which all men would profess an equal ...
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... becomes more and more unequal and steril ; the ground is , as it were , pierced in a thousand places by primitive rocks , which ap- pear like the bones of a skeleton whose flesh is partly consumed . The surface of the earth is covered ...
... becomes more and more unequal and steril ; the ground is , as it were , pierced in a thousand places by primitive rocks , which ap- pear like the bones of a skeleton whose flesh is partly consumed . The surface of the earth is covered ...
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... become the United States of America . The centre of power still remains there ; while in the backward states the true elements of the great people , to whom the future control of the continent belongs , are secretly springing up . When ...
... become the United States of America . The centre of power still remains there ; while in the backward states the true elements of the great people , to whom the future control of the continent belongs , are secretly springing up . When ...
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Página 252 - If we remain one people, under an efficient ' government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of ^making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Página 35 - Faith, etc., 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 34 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 293 - Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.
Página 337 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function...
Página 252 - 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 35 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof do 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 118 - 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 304 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Página 471 - The American struggles against the natural obstacles which oppose him; the adversaries of the Russian are men; the former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter, civilization with all its weapons and its arts: the conquests of the one are therefore gained by the ploughshare; those of the other by the sword.