Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859 |
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... he will wish to remain at peace with England . ' ' I am not sure at all of that , '
said Tocqueville . He cannot sit down a mere quiet administrator . He must do
something to distract public attention ; he must give us a substitute for the political
...
... he will wish to remain at peace with England . ' ' I am not sure at all of that , '
said Tocqueville . He cannot sit down a mere quiet administrator . He must do
something to distract public attention ; he must give us a substitute for the political
...
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In this darkness , ' he said , ' when no one dares to print , and few to speak ,
though we know generally that atrocious acts of tyranny are perpetrated everyday
, it is difficult to ascertain precise facts , so I will give you one . A young man
named ...
In this darkness , ' he said , ' when no one dares to print , and few to speak ,
though we know generally that atrocious acts of tyranny are perpetrated everyday
, it is difficult to ascertain precise facts , so I will give you one . A young man
named ...
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Mr . Banfield , who has just returned from the Prussian provinces , says the same
with respect to them and Bunsen assures me that his Government will perish
rather than give up a foot of ground . I feel better hopes of the preservation of
peace ...
Mr . Banfield , who has just returned from the Prussian provinces , says the same
with respect to them and Bunsen assures me that his Government will perish
rather than give up a foot of ground . I feel better hopes of the preservation of
peace ...
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... no speeches , except on the most trivial subjects , are allowed to be reported -
give full room for conversational exaggeration . Bad as things are , they are made
still worse . Now this we cannot bear . It hurts our strongest passion - our vanity .
... no speeches , except on the most trivial subjects , are allowed to be reported -
give full room for conversational exaggeration . Bad as things are , they are made
still worse . Now this we cannot bear . It hurts our strongest passion - our vanity .
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Mere personal distinction , at least such as is within the bounds of real possibility
, will not give the sceptre of France . It will be seized by no one who cannot
pretend to an hereditary claim . •What I fear , ' continued Tocqueville , “ is that
when ...
Mere personal distinction , at least such as is within the bounds of real possibility
, will not give the sceptre of France . It will be seized by no one who cannot
pretend to an hereditary claim . •What I fear , ' continued Tocqueville , “ is that
when ...
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