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 Place-hunting in the United States, ii. 265. Its evils, &c., ii. 266.

Plato, his belief in materialism, ii. 155.

Plutarch's remarks on martial p r owess, &c., ii. 250.

Poetry, philosophical definition of, ii. 75. Its sources among a democratic people, ii. 75. Its subjects rendered less numerous but more vast by the influence of the principle of equality, ii. 81.

Political advantages of the local administration of the United States, i. 97.

Political jurisdiction of the United States, remarks on, i. 109. Its operation mild, consequently a powerful instrument in the hands of the majority, i. 111.

Political jurisdiction of England and France, their respective uses, i. 110.

Political associations in the United States, i. 204. Uses made of them by the Americans, i. 205. Their classification, i. 205. How the people of the United States apply the representative system to them, i. 206. The great convention of 1831 relating to the tariff, i. 207. Why their unlimited right is less dangerous in America than elsewhere, i. 208. Their activity in a democratic country, i. 209. Their limitations, &c., ii. 128. Their different manner in which they are understood in Europe and America, i. 209. Different uses to which they are applied, i. 211.

Political equality distinguished from political freedom, ii. 100.

Political agitations, no ultimate injury to a state, ii. 126.

Political ambition, its violent character, ii. 262.

Political society, the influence of democratic sentiments upon, ii. 305.

Political revolutions, remarks upon, ii. 352.

Pompous expressions, their affected use by the ignorant, ii. 70.

Popular belief, its sources and the causes of its diversity among democratic nations, ii. 7. The necessity for union in, ii. 8. The effect of aristocratic influence upon, ii. 9.

Popular favour, the kind of services necessary in a delegate to ensure it in the United States, ii. 111.

Popularity, the love of, great in the representatives of a democratic people, ii. 95.

Posterity, little regard for, among the Americans, ii. 262.

Poverty, its extent in aristocratic and democratic countries compared, ii. 268.

Power of the majority in the United States unlimited, i. 278.

Power, supreme, in the United States emanates from the people, ii. 309.

Power, insecurity of, in a representative of the United States, ii. 95.

Precocious marriages in America rare, ii. 213.