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 of it required in a democratic age, ii. 25. Austerity in, its fatal tendency, ii. 26.

Religion, the influence of worldly interests upon among the Americans, ii. 135.

Religions, their variety and extent in the United States, ii. 142.

Religious opinions, their indirect influence upon society in America, i. 331. Respect for the marriage tie, i. 332, In what respect they confine the imagination and check the passion for innovation among the Americans, i. 333. Opinions of the Americans on the political utility of religion, i. 334. Their exertions to extend and secure its predominance, i. 335. Institutions of America, ii. 4. Sects, their diversity in the United States, ii. 5. Belief, the influence it derives from the democratic principle, ii. 20. Its tendency to induce the contemplation of immaterial objects, ii. 154. Independence, its supposed incompatibility with political freedom, ii. 22.

Rents of Farms in Europe, their increase a proof of the advance of the democratic principle, ii. 197.

Republican institutions of the United States, their probable duration, i. 450. The Union accidental, i. 451. A republic, the natural state of the Americans, i. 452. Reasons of this, i. 453. To destroy it the laws must be wholly changed and also public manners, i. 453. Montesquieu's remarks on the subject, i. 455. The difficulties which would be experienced by the Americans in creating an aristocracy, i. 456. Constitution commonly supposed short-lived, ii. 342.

Reserve, habits of, among the French women contrasted with American, ii. 210.

Restless spirit of the Americans, causes of, ii. 144.

Revolutions, their effects, &c., ii. 5. The causes which excite them, ii. 267. Their objects, &c., ii. 268. Their consequences, &c., ii. 270. Modern method of judging of, ii. 270.

Revolutionary passion opposed to commercial pursuits, ii. 271. Habits and notions in a democracy, their after influence, ii. 349.

Rhode Island, the general assembly declared its government democratic in 1641, i. 140.

Rights of sovereignty, exercised by the legislature of the New England states, i. 38.

Rights of inspection and indictment of the court of sessions of New England, i. 78.

Rights, the notion of, essential to a great people, how imparted, i. 265.

Roman Catholic priests, their characteristics in the United States, ii. 27. Religion, its progress and extent in the United States, ii. 29. Its tendency to infidelity, ii. 29.

Roman municipalities the power and