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I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
Alexis de Tocqueville
Born: July 29, 1805
Died: April 16, 1859 (aged 53)
Bio: Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.
Known for:
- Democracy in America (1835)
- The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856)
- Memoir on Pauperism
- Ancien Regime and the Revolution
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