 America, then, exhibits in her social state an extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or, in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or in any age...  The Christian Examiner - Страница 2651863Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1904 - 514 страници
...fortune and intellect, or, in other \Vve in more equal in their strength, than in any other cc* seen I of the world, or in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance. The political consequences of such a social condition as this are easily deducible. It is impossible... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1912 - 618 страници
...it is rare to find even the influence of individual character enjoy any durability. America, then, exhibits in her social state an extraordinary phenomenon....age of which history has preserved the remembrance. . . . The political consequences of such a social condition as this are easily deducible. It is impossible... | |
 | Carl Lotus Becker - 1915 - 414 страници
...state an extraordinary phenomenon," wrote De Tocqueville in his notable study of American democracy. " Men are there seen on a greater equality in point...age of which history has preserved the remembrance." Life on the frontier, where a man wrestled with the primitive forces of Nature and conquered by dint... | |
 | 1976 - 694 страници
...fortune and intellect, or in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country in the world, or in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance." While abhorring the mediocrity and social conformity of American life, de Tocqueville was in no doubt... | |
 | 1898 - 1002 страници
...of fortune and intellect; or, in other words, men are more equal in their strength than in another country of the world, or in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance." This is our traveler's opinion. The doctrine of the sovereignty of the people, which lies at the basis... | |
 | Robert A. Dahl - 2008 - 272 страници
...there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or, in other words, more equal in strength, than in any other country of the world,...age of which history has preserved the remembrance." Democracy in America (New York: Vintage Books, 1955), 1: 48-55. the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1980 - 402 страници
...influence of individual character enjoy any durability. America, then, exhibits in her social state a most extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a...age of which history has preserved the remembrance .... It is impossible to believe that equality will not eventually find its way into the political... | |
 | Michael A. Ledeen - 2000 - 248 страници
...point of fortune and intellect, or, in other words, more equal in their strength, than [are people] in any other country of the world, or in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance."8 This is the "equality of condition" that so impresses Tocqueville. While wealth is indeed... | |
 | Morton Schoolman - 2001 - 364 страници
...putting their intellectual abilities to work (DAl, 52). "America," Tocqueville concludes at one point, exhibits in her social state an extraordinary phenomenon....age of which history has preserved the remembrance. (DAl, 53) As equality of condition, or equality in "fortune and intellect" through freedom and education,... | |
 | Morton Schoolman - 2001 - 364 страници
...intellectual abilities to work (DAl, 52). "America," Tocqueville concludes at one point, exhibits m her social state an extraordinary phenomenon. Men...age of which history has preserved the remembrance. (DAl, 53) As equality of condition, or equality in "fortune and intellect" through freedom and education,... | |
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