1840 Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

“Nothing is more necessary to the culture of the higher sciences, or of the more elevated departments of science, than meditation; and nothing is less suited to meditation than the structure of democratic society.” quote by Alexis de Tocqueville — Download Open image

““Nothing is more necessary to the culture of the higher sciences, or of the more elevated departments of science, than meditation; and nothing is less suited to meditation than the structure of democratic society.””

Alexis de Tocqueville

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