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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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A map of de Tocqueville's travels:

http://www.tocqueville.org/travel.htm


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> I agree he didn't make it coast to coast but did make it at least as
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> west as Michigan.
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> For the record, when de Tocqueville visited the US, there was no
> "coast to coast" for the country. I don't think he left the eastern
> seaboard.
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> Barbara Need
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> On 21 Feb 2009, at 10:00 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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> > Alexis De Tocqueville toured the USA and marveled at the fact that
> > one could go coast to coast speaking one language and be
> > understood.  Let's extend that worldwide.
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