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Alexis de Tocqueville
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Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase. ✨ Alexis De Tocqueville (2004). Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, p.280, Bantam Classics
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Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase. ✨ Alexis De Tocqueville (2004). Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, p.280, Bantam Classics

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