By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature. Formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, loose, and, almost always, strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be more common than long books; wit than erudition; imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, to stir passions rather than to charm taste.

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Alexis de Tocqueville: "By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature. Formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, loose, and, almost always, strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be more common than long books; wit than erudition; imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, to stir passions rather than to charm taste."

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Imagination	Incorrect	Large	Literature
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Order	Overburdened	Passions	Perfect
Please	Qualities	Quickly	Rather
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Strong	Style	Taste	Thought
Untutored	Variety	Vigor	Work
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By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature. Formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, loose, and, almost always, strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be more common than long books; wit than erudition; imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, to stir passions rather than to charm taste. - Alexis de Tocqueville