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Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930

"The Promise of American Life"


Elzbacher, O., quoted, 235.
Emancipation,
conditions of individual, 409 ff.;
attempts at individual, 421 ff.;
means of individual, 427 ff.
Embargo,
Jefferson's policy of commercial, 42;
disapproved by Jackson and Western Democrats, 53.
England,
faith of Englishmen in, 2;
an early example of political efficiency found in, 217;
increase of national efficiency of, by attention strictly to her own
affairs, 219;
national development of, as contrasted with France, 220-221;
principles of nationality and of democracy in, 230 ff.;
national efficiency of, until recently, 231;
aristocracy in political system of, 231-232;
causes and remedies of loss of ground by, 232 ff.;
the principle of compromise carried too far by aristocracy of, 234, 238;
political and social subserviency in, resulting in political privilege
and social favoritism, 236-237;
national idea of, is a matter of freedom, 267.
Equality,
stress laid by Jeffersonian Democrats on, 44;
sacrifice of liberty for, by Jeffersonian Democrats, 44-45;
desire for, of Jacksonian Democracy, leads to war on office-holding
clique and the National Bank, 57;
economic and social, in France, and questionable results, 245.


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