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Elective qualification, the gradual and irresistible extension of, in America, i. 59.
Elevation, great and rapid, rare in a democratic country, ii. 261.
Eloquence, parliamentary, its characteristics in the United States, i. 96.
Emigrants to the west, their toils and vicissitudes, ii. 214. Anecdote, of this, note, ii. 214.
Emulation in trades and professions limited in a democracy, ii. 50.
England, its social condition in the 18th century, ii 239.
English, the, absence of vanity in, ii. 239.
Englishmen, their constrained intercourse, ii. 178.
English government, its measures in the New England colonies conducive to liberty, i. 36.
Equal rights, the several conditions and advantages of, ii. 100.
Equality, the principle of, prejudicial to the cultivation of the ideal, ii 76. Passion for, its cause and influence, ii. 99. The extent of its influence in France, ii. 99. United with political freedom, the evils to which they expose ii. 101. The dominant passion in democratic nations, ii. 102. The condition of, induces similarity of opinions, ii. 176. The principle of, its tendency to despotism, ii. 323.
Equality of the sexes in the United States, remarks upon, ii. 224.
Established opinions, preference for, in a democracy, ii. 276.
Etiquette, laws of, in aristocratic nations, ii. 181. Partial neglect of, among the Americans, ii. 181.
Europeans, their impressions on first landing on the American coast, i. 20. The dangers to which they would be subjected in adopting the federal system of the Americans, i. 183.
European states, their tendency to democratic liberty, &c., i. 359.
Exclusive privileges repugnant to a democratic people, ii. 308.
Executive power, the remarks on, i. 124. Accidental causes which tend to increase the influence of, in the United States, i. 130. External security of the Union, &c., i. 130.
Executive powers, the, of the state, i. 87.
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Faith, articles of, necessary to be distinguished from external forms, ii. 26.
Family relations in the United States, compared with those of aristocratic nations, ii. 206.
Fanatical enthusiasm in America, the causes of, ii. 142.
Farmers, American, their migratory habits, ii. 168.
Federal constitution, the history of, its origin, &c., i. 115. Interval of
