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This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

In five pages this research paper examines how Ralph Waldo Emerson's aunt Mary Moody Emerson and her writings influenced him. Six...

means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...

In four pages the French Revolution period is considered within the context of religion according to Alexis de Tocqueville and civ...

In five pages Ayn Rand and Alexis de Tocqueville's perspectives are applied to the problems of the individual as the result of dem...

the phrase "I came, I saw, I conquered" is, in short, the essence of the spirit of adventure, adaptability, and advancement that d...

customs, and morals which was necessary to render such a revolution beneficial" (de Tocqueville, Introduction). The result of this...

of servitude that slaves adopted as indicative of their true feelings, rather than as a behavior adopted for self-protection. He s...

perhaps always live in a new day, unafraid of changing their ideals, their perceptions of those ideals, and thus perhaps appearing...

that is, rather than a creature called "Man" who had to do everything, Man became priest, scholar, farmer, and so on (Emerson). Th...

are part of the community, even if not actively so. It comes down to the old adage of "it takes all kinds" for communities are mad...

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

minister, it was necessary to leave the church" (Chapter Three: The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Essayists and Poets). His philosop...

In five pages this paper considers the philosophical views of David Hume and Socrates regarding Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation ...

more advanced in containing the criminal element than other states at the time. If not, why would the pair go to America to study ...

In five pages the statement 'Democracy is not a mechanical device, it is, rather, a living organism that can only flourish in cert...

In a paper that contains three pages the precarious balance between two extremes is discussed within the context of the Federalist...

restless even though prosperous is bold. His work is again just as relevant today as it was at the time it was written. In fact, R...

In eight pages basic concepts are first defined before an individualism defense is offered with the incorporation of such authors ...

In six pages this paper relates Bellah's text to Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville in terms of charting the evolutiona...

This is a review consisting of twelve pages that compares and contrasts the institution of slavery in various times and societies ...

to public hands which would be the beginning of communism. The Communist Manifesto was a statement on how capitalist society exis...

light of that, what would Tocqueville say about democracy in America today? Likely, he would say the same things but would be much...

to a head. To understand those differences it is instructive to look at writing from the early years of our history. Tocqueville ...

to drop, though it often seems to hold them loosely." He admires them for these qualities and then discusses how the American peop...

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

well have acknowledged that mankind stands alone in his endless quest for more, a concept behind the reason society is its own opp...

This essay refers to the writing of contemporary author Theodore Olsen and nineteenth century author Alexis de Tocqueville to argu...

This paper reviews key historical writings like Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln's campaign speeches and the 1848 Declaratio...