Democracy in America

By Tocqueville, Alexis De

Book Id: WPLBN0000649845
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.06 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Democracy in America
Author:	Tocqueville, Alexis De
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


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Excerpt
Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroic labors and sacrifices. Their studies were conducted in view of the imperfections that experience had developed in the government of the Confederation, and they were, therefore, practical and thorough.