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Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually… — Alexis de Tocqueville

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

In the original French

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

Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America · 1840
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Provenance
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.
Original citation
Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 18, pt. 2.

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