 Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants, and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude...  Democracy in America - Sida 121efter Alexis de Tocqueville - 1863Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1851 - 954 sidor
...alone, and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but...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... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1855 - 922 sidor
...it hides his descendants, and separates 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 his own heart. 106 CHAPTER IE. INDIVIDUALISM STRONGER AT THE CLOSE OF A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION THAN AT OTHER PERIODS.... | |
 | Alexis Henri C.M. Clérel comte de Tocqueville - 1862 - 456 sidor
...alone, and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but...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... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1879 - 202 sidor
...alone ; and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus, not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but...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... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1877 - 508 sidor
...alone ; and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus, not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but...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... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1878 - 264 sidor
...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... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1878 - 360 sidor
...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... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1879 - 490 sidor
...their own hands. Thus, not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hide» 1m descendants and separates his contemporaries from...confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.1 It is this de .n -icratic characteristic which lies at the very foundation of American civilization... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1879 - 492 sidor
...separates his contemporaries from him ; it throws him hack forever upon himself alone, and threateua in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.' It is this democratic characteristic which lies at the very foundation of American civilization and... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1879 - 168 sidor
...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 for ever upon himself. Individualism is a feeling which disposes each member of the community to sever... | |
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