Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase.

Les peuples chez lesquels la civilisation parvient le plus difficilement à fonder son empire sont les peuples chasseurs.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Topic

Hunter gatherer societies Civilization

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville

Source

Democracy in America

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 18, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 18, pt. 2.

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Source
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

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Victor Hugo
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William Shakespeare
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Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.