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 Vanity of the English, partial absence of, ii. 239.

Vindictive character of the Americans, ii. 181.

Virginia, the first English colony of, established in 1607, i. 29.

Extravagant ideas of its wealth, by the first emigrants, i. 29.

Wages, the influence of democracy upon, their increase, &c., ii. 199.

Wages in France, their condition, &c., ii. 200.

Wages, their sudden rise and fall, ii. 201.

War, the main peril of confederations, i. 181. The dread of, the causes which induce it, ii. 298. Some considerations on, in a democratic country, ii. 298. Machiavelli's observations on, ii. 300. Its existence in aristocratic and democratic countries compared, ii. 303. Civil, in democratic ages, unfrequent, ii. 303.

Wars, great, why the Union has none to fear, i. 183.

Washington, the city of, described, ii. 55.

Wealth, men of, engaged in commercial pursuits, fee, ii. 167. Their different pursuits in aristocratic and democratic countries, ii. 167.

Wealthy, the, their intercourse with the lower classes, ii. 111.

Winthrop's speech in defence of liberty, &c., i. 42.

Wives, in the United States, their peculiar characteristics, &c., ii. 202. Their loss of independence in matrimony, ii. 202.

Women, the, of America, respect paid to them by the opposite sex, ii. 226. Their superiority, the source of national greatness, ii. 227.

Workmen, the classes of, numerous and uninformed, ii. 200.

World, the other, in seeking the concerns of, the secret of success in this, ii. 159.

Worldly pursuits, excessive care, evils of, ii. 159.