TheremarksIhavemadeonfilialloveandfraternalaffectionareapplicabletoallthepassionswhichemanatespontaneouslyfromhumannatureitself。Ifacertainmodeofthoughtorfeelingistheresultofsomepeculiarconditionoflife，whenthatconditionisalterednothingwhateverremainsofthethoughtorfeeling。Thusalawmaybindtwomembersofthecommunityverycloselytooneanother;butthatlawbeingabolished，theystandasunder。Nothingwasmorestrictthanthetiewhichunitedthevassaltothelordunderthefeudalsystem;
atthepresentdaythetwomenknownoteachother;thefear，thegratitude，andtheaffectionwhichformerlyconnectedthemhavevanished，andnotavestigeofthetieremains。Such，however，isnotthecasewiththosefeelingswhicharenaturaltomankind。
Wheneveralawattemptstotutorthesefeelingsinanyparticularmanner，itseldomfailstoweakenthem;byattemptingtoaddtotheirintensity，itrobsthemofsomeoftheirelements，fortheyareneverstrongerthanwhenlefttothemselves。
Democracy，whichdestroysorobscuresalmostalltheoldconventionalrulesofsociety，andwhichpreventsmenfromreadilyassentingtonewones，entirelyeffacesmostofthefeelingstowhichtheseconventionalruleshavegivenrise;butitonlymodifiessomeothers，andfrequentlyimpartstothemadegreeofenergyandsweetnessunknownbefore。Perhapsitisnotimpossibletocondenseintoasinglepropositionthewholemeaningofthischapter，andofseveralothersthatprecededit。
Democracyloosenssocialties，butitdrawsthetiesofnaturemoretight;itbringskindredmorecloselytogether，whilstitplacesthevariousmembersofthecommunitymorewidelyapart。