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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“They took no part in public business, as English authors did; on the contrary, they had never lived so much out of the world.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 13, trans. John Bonner
Tocqueville contrasts French men of letters with English writers who sat in Parliament or held office.
Citation: "They took no part in public business, as English authors did; on the contrary, they had never lived so much out of the world." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 13, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q6)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
