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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
Alexis de Tocqueville
American
American Society
Aristocratic
Breaking
Colours
Covered
Democratic
From Time To Time
Layer
Old
Paint
See
Society
Surface
Through
Time
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