 | 1836 - 878 pages
...different points : 1 allude to the Russians and the Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoiicrd : and whilst the attention of mankind was directed elsewhere,...world learned their existence and their greatness st ulmoit the Mm* time, " All other nations teem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only... | |
 | 1835 - 642 pages
...world—a fact fraught with such portentous consequences as to baffle the efforts even of the imagination." "There are, at the present time, two great nations...existence and their greatness at almost the same time. " All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 714 pages
...inhabitants to the square league. rected elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent place among the nations ; and the world learned their existence and their greatness at almost the same time. : All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - 644 pages
...race to the rocky belt of Western America. " There are, at the present time," says M. Tocqueville, " two great nations in the world, which seem to tend...existence and their greatness at almost the same time. " All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - 568 pages
...Americans. Both of them have grown up unnoticed ; and whilst the attention of mankind was <lirected elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent...existence and their greatness at almost the same time. " All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1845 - 438 pages
...progress in these directions is certain and irresistible. Before two centuries are over, Mohammedanism will be banished from Turkey, Asia Minor, and Persia,...existence and their greatness at almost the same time. "All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1845 - 408 pages
...which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points: I allude to th£ Russians and the Americans. Both of them have grown...existence and their greatness at almost the same time. "All other nations seem to have nearly renched their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1850 - 488 pages
...attention of mankind was directed elsewhere, they have suddenly assumed a most prominent place among the nations ; and the world learned their existence and their greatness at almost the same time. All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the... | |
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All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the maintenance of their power ; but these are still in the act of growth, all the others are stopped, or continue to advance with extreme difficulty; these... 
