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Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), a French thinker and politician, author of “Democracy in America,” written after a journey through the United States.

Self-Help, Samuel Smiles

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  Alexis de Tocqueville, a French historian and political thinker of the nineteenth century, author of Democracy in America.

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