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Lawyers belong to the people by birth and interest, and to the aristocracy by habit and taste they may be looked upon as the connecting link of the two great classes of society.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville
Age: 53 †
Born: 1805
Born: July 29
Died: 1859
Died: April 16
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Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville
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Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville
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