 States, the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America...  Democracy in America - Side 239av Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 455 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1840 - 494 sider
...conviction. In the United States, the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world...men than in America ; and there can be no greater * Democracy in America, page 292. f Ib. p 295. $ Ib. p. 289. § Ib. p. 286. 2*2 proof of its utility,... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 sider
...from among ourselves — carried back to the old world no such report. His deliberate testimony is, " There is no country in the whole world, in which the...influence over the souls of men than in America ; and," he adds like a true philosopher, " there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity... | |
 | 1840 - 534 sider
...from among ourselves — carried back to the old world no such report. His deliberate testimony is, " There is no country in the whole world, in which the...influence over the souls of men than in America ; and," he adds like a true philosopher, " there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity... | |
 | 1840 - 1078 sider
...from among ourselves — carried back to the old world no such report. His deliberate testimony is, " There is no country in the whole world, in which the...influence over the souls of men than in America ; and," he adds like a true philosopher, " there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1850 - 256 sider
...but it directs the manners of the community, and by regulating domestic life, it regulates the State. There is no country in the whole world, in which the...influence over the souls of men, than in America." The indispensable necessity of Christianity as a conservative power, in view of our peculiar character... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1851 - 954 sider
...conviction. In the United States the sovereign authority ui religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world...can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformic y to human nature, than that its influence is most powerfully felt over the most enlightened... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1851 - 136 sider
...says, " In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world...influence over the souls of men than in America."* It is also inconsistent with the Captain's own admissions. How, for example, can this statement be... | |
 | William Henry Ruffner - 1852 - 692 sider
...States. De Tocqueville asserts, that " there is no country in the whole world in which the Christiaa religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America ;" and he adds — " There can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity to human nature,... | |
 | William Anderson Scott - 1859 - 162 sider
...manners of the community, and by regulating domestic life, it regulates the State. Nor is there any country in the whole world, in which the Christian...utility, and of its conformity to human nature, than the fact that its influence is here felt most powerfully over the most enlightened and free nation... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1870 - 628 sider
...is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence...conformity to human nature, than that its influence is powerfully felt over the most enlightened and free nation of the earth. I have remarked that the American... | |
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