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CHAPTER X.
Why the Americans are more addicted to practical than to theoretical science 41
CHAPTER XI.
Concerning the spirit in which the Americans cultivate the arts 49
CHAPTER XII.
Why the Americans raise some monuments so insignificant and others so important 55
CHAPTER XIII.
Literary characteristic of democratic ages 57
CHAPTER XIV.
The trade of literature 63
CHAPTER XV.
The study of Greek and Latin literature peculiarly useful in democratic communities 64
CHAPTER XVI.
The effect of democracy on language 67
CHAPTER XVII.
Of some of the sources of poetry among democratic nations 75
CHAPTER XVIII.
Of the inflated style of American writers and orators 82
CHAPTER XIX.
Some observations on the Drama among democratic nations 84
CHAPTER XX.
Characteristics of historians in democratic ages 90
CHAPTER XXI.
Of parliamentary eloquence in the United States 94




SECOND BOOK.


INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE FEELINGS OF THE AMERICANS.


CHAPTER I.
Why democratic nations show a more ardent and enduring love of equality than of liberty 99
CHAPTER II.
Of individualism in democratic communities 104