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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 |