Arguments and examples could be multiplied from Tocquevilles great book, some pertaining to participation in local politics, others to the creation of the variety of associations I just mentioned, but Tocquevilles main point echoes that made by those long-time rivals and friends, Adams and Jefferson: engaging with one another is the republican and democratic substitute for and prophylactic against both aristocratic and governmental paternalism
#14 As a history buff, I'm really curious what was going on with American pipe-makers and meerschaum in the late 1800's, which is why this particular pipe was of interest to me
Piper ME, Kenford S, Fiore MC, Baker TB
Conceptually solid, this one isa serviceable example of a well-worn concept
usually it is mixed with the leaves of the small desert sage, Salvia dorrii , or the root of Indian balsam or cough root, Leptotaenia multifida (the addition of which was thought to be particularly good for asthma and tuberculosis)