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"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"
- Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville
between July 29, 1805 and April 16, 1859. He/she was a famous
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