There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans. Democracy in America - Page 435by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve - 1899Full view - About this book
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...vol. vi,. p. 92. prevail, and the nations seem to be advancing to unity. Our mean* of intellectual intercourse unite the most remote parts of the earth...two great nations in the world, which seem to tend toward the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the... | |
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