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The speaker referenced this book while noting that de Tocqueville famously observed the equality of conditions in America during his visit in the 1830s.
Alex de Tocqueville had famously come to America in the 1830s and the opening line of Democracy in America, and I'm translating from French, there's different translations, but roughly he said the mos...
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The speaker referenced this book while noting that de Tocqueville famously observed the equality of conditions in America during his visit in the 1830s.
Alex de Tocqueville had famously come to America in the 1830s and the opening line of Democracy in America, and I'm translating from French, there's different translations, but roughly he said the most striking thing about America is the equality of conditions everywhere.