 Democratic nations care but little for what has been, but they are haunted by visions of what will be ; in this direction, their unbounded imagination grows and dilates beyond all measure.  Democracy in America, tr. by H. Reeve - 86. lappuseautors: Alexis Henri C.M. Clérel comte de Tocqueville - 1862Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Mark Dowie - 2002 - 368 lapas
...often lie dormant when a community confronts its health threats."13 Conclusion Democratic nations care little for what has been, but they are haunted by...imagination grows and dilates beyond all measure. — Alexis de Tocqueville Behind every philanthropic impulse, regardless of the donor's philosophy... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 868 lapas
...their unbounded imagination grows and dilates beyond all measure. Here, then, is the widest range 476 open to the genius of poets, which allows them to...to a sufficient distance from the eye. Democracy, which shuts the past against the poet, opens the future before him. As all the citizens who compose... | |
 | Dorothy Holland, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery - 2007 - 317 lapas
...strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 987654321 p 10 987654321 Democratic nations care but little for what has been,...imagination grows and dilates beyond all measure. —Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius... | |
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