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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: period they have exerted themselves to the utmost to limit the
royal prerogative. In England they have contracted a close
alliance with the aristocracy; in France they have proved to be
the most dangerous enemies of that class. It is my object to
inquire whether, under all these circumstances, the members of
the legal profession have been swayed by sudden and momentary
impulses; or whether they have been impelled by principles which
are inherent in their pursuits, and which will always recur in
history. I am incited to this investigation by reflecting that
this particular class of men will most likely play a prominent
part in that order of things to which the events of our time are
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