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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VI. Page
Of the progress of Roman Catholicism in the United States 33
CHAPTER VII.
Of the cause of a leaning to Pantheism amongst democratic nations 35
CHAPTER VIII.

The principle of equality suggests to the Americans the idea of the indefinite perfectibility of man

37
CHAPTER IX.

The example of the Americans does not prove that a democratic people can have no aptitude and no taste for science, literature, or art

40
CHAPTER X.

Why the Americans are more addicted to practical than to theoretical science

47
CHAPTER XI.
Of the spirit in which the Americans cultivate the arts 56
CHAPTER XII.

Why the Americans raise some monuments so insignificant and others so important

63
CHAPTER XIII.
Literary characteristics of democratic ages 65
CHAPTER XIV.
The trade of literature 72
CHAPTER XV.

The study of Greek and Latin literature peculiarly useful in democratic communities

73
CHAPTER XVI.
The effect of democracy on language 76
CHAPTER XVII.
Of some of the sources of poetry amongst democratic nations 85