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 political freedom, ii. 102. Farther opinions on this subject, ii. 113. Its social condition past and present, ii. 222. Its condition under Louis XIV., ii. 239.

French revolution, the causes which led to it, ii. 335.

French, the, their advances in the exact sciences, ii. 43.

Free institutions, a taste for, induced by the principle of equality, ii. 306. Their tendency to anarchy, ii. 307. Their servitude, &c., ii. 307.

Freedom of intercourse in a democratic country, remarks on, ii. 39.

Freedom of the English colonies, the main cause of their prosperity, i. 35.

Freedom of the will, evils resulting from the belief, in, ii. 93.

Freedom inconsistent with aristocratic privilege, ii. 343.

Fulton, Robert, his invention of the steam-engine, &c., vide note, ii, 344.

General ideas, their influence in political matters, ii. 18. Comparison of, between the Americans and the French, ii. 18. Causes of their diversity, ii. 18.

Good will, interchange of, universal among the Americans, ii. 185.

Government, the general, of the United States its great centralization of power, i. 89. General knowledge of, among the Americans, i. 177.

Government, of the democracy in America, i. 213.

Government of America, difficulty of distinguishing the causes which contribute to the economy of, i. 237. Wherein its expenditure can be compared with that of France, i. 238. Of national wealth and the rate of taxation, i. 239. Wealth and charges of France not accurately known, i. 241.

Governments, European, increasing power of, ii. 323. Improvement in the administration of, ii. 327. Causes of their increase of wealth and power, ii. 328. Extent of their judicial power, ii. 328. Their extensive influence over manufacturing combinations, &c., ii. 333.

Governments, more likely to become absolute and despotic among a people of equality than any other, ii. 343. Their great increase of powers, and tendency to limit individual rights, ii. 350. Opinions on the probable tendencies of, ii. 350.

Governor, the office of, in an American state, i. 87. Its functions and power, i. 87.

Gravity of deportment, a characteristic of the Americans, 234.

Great revolutions, the causes why they are becoming rare, ii. 267.