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I have stated in the preceding chapter that great equality existed among the immigrants who settled on the shores of New England. Even the germs of aristocracy were never planted in that part of the Union. The only influence which obtained there was that of intellect; the people became accustomed to revere certain names as representatives of knowledge and virtue. Some of their fellow citizens acquired a power over the others that might truly have been called aristocratic if it had been capable of transmission from father to son. . . .

question: What does Tocqueville mean by “germs of aristocracy”?

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New England settlements were self-governing, and the colonists, not the British, determined the structure of political institutions. The social condition of the Americans is democratic. The germ of aristocracy was never established in the union. New England is free from anti-aristocracy and anti-democracy, which are the germs of aristocracy and a threat to equality in society.

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