 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 500 pages
...one are therefore gained by the ploughshare ; those of the other, by the sword. The Anglo- Ajnerican relies upon personal interest to accomplish his ends,...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe. ' Russia is the country in the Old World in which population increased moat rapidly in proportion.... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1850 - 488 pages
...attention of mankind was directed elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent place among the nations ; and the world learned their existence...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe. * Russia is the country in the Old World in which population increases most rapidly in proportion.... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...with the maintenance of their power; but these are still in the act of growth : all the others arc stopped, or continue to advance with extreme difficulty...advance of the lords of the earth and the sea into the desert regions of the earth. The hand of Almighty Power is distinctly visible, not only in the unbroken... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 pages
...Anglo-American relies upon personal interest to accomplish his ends, and gives free scope to the nnguided exertions and common sense of the citizens ; the Russian...advance of the lords of the earth and the sea into the desert regions of the earth. The hand of Almighty Power is distinctly visible, not only in the unbroken... | |
 | James McFarlane Mathews - 1851 - 286 pages
...sense of the citizens; the Russians centre all the authority of society in a single arm: the principle instrument of the former is freedom ; of the latter...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe," * Note A. the attention of rulers and ruled who hear me, while I endeavor to show the Divine origin... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1854 - 492 pages
...attention of mankind was directed elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent place among the nations ; and the world learned their existence...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe. * Russia is the country in the Old World in which population increases most rapidly in proportion.... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1855 - 922 pages
...league. KuBsian are men : the former combats the wilderness and savage life ; the latter, civilization with all its weapons and its arts ; the conquests...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe 471 , I • 1• . I . I ' DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. SECOND PART FIRST BOOK. INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1899 - 514 pages
...personal interest to accomplish his ends, and gives free scope to the unguided exertions and common-sense of the citizens ; the Russian centres all the authority...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe. STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES STANFORD AUXILIARY LIBRARY STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305-6004 (650) 723-9201... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1860 - 392 pages
...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...of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe." Democratic institutions will not and cannoi exist permanently in North America. The frightful anarchy... | |
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Their starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems to be marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe. 
