The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates,... Legitimacy in the Modern State - Seite 134von John H. Schaar - 1981 - 359 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1840 - 676 Seiten
...the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent,...tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupifies a people, till each VOL. iv. Y nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1848 - 916 Seiten
...the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent,...power does not destroy, but it prevents existence ; it docs ^ot tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupifies a people, till each nation... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1851 - 954 Seiten
...the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent,...tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupifies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious... | |
| New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1868 - 622 Seiten
...characters, cannot penetrate to rise ihovc the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but soften«!, bent, and guided. Men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly refrained from acting. Such a force does not ttranuize. but it compresses — enervates existing »lihes.... | |
| Josephine Elizabeth Butler - 1871 - 226 Seiten
...cannot penetrate to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened and made weak ; such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence...tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupifies a people ; ... it every day renders the exercise of the free agency of man less useful and... | |
| Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 452 Seiten
...the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent,...power does not destroy, but it prevents existence ; it docs not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 1994 - 206 Seiten
...the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent,...stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.4... | |
| S. Jensen - 1973 - 296 Seiten
...Long-term Multi-fold Trend 2000 2000 THE ALTERNATIVES a. Post-Industrial/Neo-Collectivist Society ". . . The will of man is not shattered but softened, bent and guided, men are seldom forced to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting; such a power does not deny, but it prevents... | |
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