Herbert Croly - The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisf...

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The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions.

Herbert Croly

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Je bewusster die demokratischen Amerikaner wurden, desto weniger zufrieden waren sie mit einer Vorstellung des Gelobten Landes, die nicht weiter ging als ein durch die freien Institutionen garantierter allgegenwärtigen wirtschaftlichen Wohlstand.

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