The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization.

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Alexis de Tocqueville: "The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization."

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Ages	Alike	Americans	Among
Because	Civilization	Class	Coarse
Denotes	Early	Graces	Habits
Idea	Ignorance	Life	Peasant
Preserved	Remote	Rural	Rusticity
Simple	Simplicity	Stage	Term
Them	Unacquainted	Vices	Villager
Virtues	Word

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The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization. - Alexis de Tocqueville