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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“it created, far above particular nationalities, an intellectual country that was common to all, and in which every human creature could obtain rights of citizenship.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book I, ch. 3, trans. John Bonner
Why the French Revolution, though political, spread across borders like a religious revolution.
Citation: "it created, far above particular nationalities, an intellectual country that was common to all, and in which every human creature could obtain rights of citizenship." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book I, ch. 3, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q3)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
