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" 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 439
by Alexis de Tocqueville - 1899
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 39

England - 1836 - 878 pages
...advance is as swift, as unceasing as that of the British race to the rocky helt of Western America. " There are, at the present time, two great nations in the world, which seem to tend towards the same enH, although they started from different points : 1 allude to the Russians and the Americans. Both...
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The Portfolio; Or, a Collection of State Papers, Etc: Illustrative ..., Volume 3

David Urquhart - Europe - 1836 - 630 pages
...advance is as swift, as unceasing, as that of the British race to the rocky belt <if Western America. There are, at the present time, two great nations in the world, f which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points ; I allude to...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1838 - 564 pages
...There are, at the present lime, two great nations in the world, which seem to tend toward the samcend, although they started from different points: I allude...Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoticed ; and while the attention of mankind was directed elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1838 - 566 pages
...new to the world ; a fact fraught with such portentous consequences, as to baffle the efforts even of imagination. "There are, at the present time, two great nations in the world, which seem to tend toward the same end, although they started from different points: I allude to the Rustians and the...
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Democracy in America, Volume 1

Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1839 - 714 pages
...by a river. If this tendency to assimilation brings foreign nations closer to each other, it must a fortiori prevent the descendants of the same people...Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoticed ; and while the attention of mankind was di* This would be a population proportionate to that of Europe,...
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Democracy in America, Volume 1

Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1839 - 500 pages
...and it is a fact new to the world, — a fact fraught with such portentous consequences as to baffla the efforts even of the imagination. There are, at...Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoticed ; and while the attention of mankind was di* This would be a population proportionate to that of Europe,...
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The Principles of Population: And Their Connection with Human ..., Volume 2

Archibald Alison - Poor - 1840 - 568 pages
...race to the rocky belt of Western America. " There are, at the present time," says M. Tocqueville, " two great nations in the world, which seem to tend...unnoticed ; and whilst the attention of mankind was <lirected elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent place amongst the nations ; and the...
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Democracy in America, Volume 1

Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1841 - 522 pages
...by a river. If this tendency to assimilation brings foreign nations closer to each other, it must a fortiori prevent the descendants of the same people...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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Miscellaneous Essays: By Archibald Alison, Volume 2

Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...advance is as swift, as unceasing as that of the British race to the rocky belt of western America. " There are, at the present time, two great nations...although they started from different points: I allude to th£ Russians and the Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoticed: and whilst the attention of...
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Democracy in America: In Relation to Political Institutions

Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1850 - 488 pages
...manners, and imbued with thg same opinions, propagated under * See Maltebrun, liv. 116, vol. vi., p. 92. the same forms. The rest is uncertain, but this is...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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