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Tocqueville, Alexis de

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  1. A French historian of the nineteenth century. His book Democracy in America was the first impartial study of institutions in the new nation.

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Tocqueville, Alexis de, style, 65; on presidential office, 210.

From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford

Tocqueville, Alexis de, and the French Revolution, 134, 173 Trust, the policy of, 163 Unionism, the policy for, 183 et seq.

From A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Dicey, Albert Venn

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