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 the pursuits of lawyers give an aristocratic turn to their ideas, and the causes of this, i. 300. Causes which tend to check this, i. 300. Use of lawyers to a despot, i. 299. The aristocracy of America to be found mainly in the bench and at the bar, i. 302. The influence of lawyers on American society, i. 303. Their peculiar magisterial habits, how they affect the legislature, the administration, and the people, i. 305.

Legislation, uniformity of, in a democratic nation, ii. 308.

Legislative power, the, of the state, i. 86.

Legislative body, its division into two branches, their respective functions, &c., i. 86.

Liberty of the press, its paramount importance in a democracy, ii. 348.

Life in the United Stales, anti-poetic, ii. 79.

Literary characteristics of aristocratic and democratic countries, ii. 59.

Literature, the trade of, in aristocratic and democratic nations, ii. 63.

Literature, ancient, contrasted with modern among a democratic people, ii. 65. Characteristic differences of, ii. 92.

Literature, advantages to be derived from its study, ii. 65.

Local authorities, their activity and completeness, i. 82.

Local distinctions of the United States, ii. 193.

Local peculiarities of the United States, ii. 280.

Local administration in the United States, and its political influence, i. 88. Not centralized in America, i. 89. Evils resulting from this, i. 90.

Louis XIV., the age of criticisms on the dramatic productions of, ii. 87.

Love of well-being, a prominent feature in a democratic age, ii. 26.

Love of physical gratification in aristocratic and democratic countries compared, ii. 139.

Love of display in foreign countries, a characteristic of the Americans, ii. 184.

Love of gain, the prevailing passion among the Americans, ii. 243.

Love of peace, in a democracy, its dangers and their remedies, ii. 284.

Love of repose, prejudicial to military pursuits, ii. 292.

Love of public tranquillity in democratic countries the ruling sentiment, ii. 313.

Lower orders, the rudeness and incivility of, in aristocratic countries, the cause of, i. 23.

Lower orders in England, the present state of, ii. 319.

Luxury, the hypocrisy of, a characteristic of a democratic nation, ii. 52.

Machiavelli, his observations on war, ii. 300.