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public spirit
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The bargain prices were not announced in a fit of public-spiritedness, but as an act of survival in the face of the world economic crisis, which has caused a slump in bookings.
Tocqueville saw the values of American democracy--equality and liberty, which could lead to the excesses of tyranny and anarchy--as restrained by the salubrious cultural aspects of American society: the Christian religion; aristocracy in the legal profession and among businessmen; public-spiritedness through free associations; strong traditional families; and a basic decency of manners.
District Judge Andrew Shaw, sitting in Prestatyn, said it must have been "very distressing" for the father, and praised him for his public-spiritedness.
 
 
 
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