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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VII. Page
Connexion of civil and political associations 138
CHAPTER VIII.
The Americans combat individualism by the principle of interest rightly understood 145
CHAPTER IX.
That the Americans apply the principle of interest rightly understood to religious matters 150
CHAPTER X.
Of the taste for physical well-being in America 153
CHAPTER XI.
Peculiar effects of the love of physical gratifications in democratic ages 156
CHAPTER XII.
Causes of fanatical enthusiasm in some Americans 159
CHAPTER XIII.
Causes of the restless spirit of the Americans in the midst of their prosperity 161
CHAPTER XIV.
Taste for physical gratifications united in America to love of freedom and attention to public affairs 166
CHAPTER XV.
That religious belief sometimes turns the Americans to immaterial pleasures 170
CHAPTER XVI.
That excessive care of worldly welfare may impair that welfare 176
CHAPTER XVII.
That in times marked by equality of conditions it is important to remove to a distance the object of human actions 178
CHAPTER XVIII.
That amongst the Americans all honest callings are honourable 182