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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: same uniformity. I do not believe that there is a country in the
world where, in proportion to the population, there are so few
uninstructed and at the same time so few learned individuals.
Primary instruction is within the reach of everybody; superior
instruction is scarcely to be obtained by any. This is not
surprising; it is in fact the necessary consequence of what we
have advanced above. Almost all the Americans are in easy
circumstances, and can therefore obtain the first elements of
human knowledge.
In America there are comparatively few who are rich enough
to live without a profession. Every profession requires an
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