Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, vol. 1, chapter 18 (1835).
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Nothing tends to materialize man and to deprive his work of the faintest trace of mind more than the extreme division of labor.
— Alexis de Tocqueville on Division of labor
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About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
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