Friday, June 4, 2021

Cultural Mediocrity and Majority Tyranny Sweeping the Globe

 A Russian Looks at America: The Journey of Aleksandr Borisovich Lakier in  1857 (English and Russian Edition): Aleksandr Borisovich Lakier, Joyce  Story, Arnold Schrier, Henry Steele Commager: 9780226467955: Amazon.com:  Books

Two young visitors from the Old World who briefly studied America, Alexis de Tocqueville of France and Russian Alexandr Lakier, were historians, jurisprudents, and both involved in public service careers. It is said that Alexis de Tocqueville was fascinated by the idea of political equality in America and wished to obtain first-hand knowledge of this. While Tocqueville, the philosopher, spoke with the upper classes, Lakier was a better reporter on the typical American. Tocqueville arrived in 1831, Lakier in 1857.

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2 comments:

  1. http://www.yamaguchy.com/library/benton/benton_220.html
    Senator Thomas Hart Benton, on the errors of Tocqueville

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    1. Thank you and I’ll have a good read tomorrow.

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