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Alex. Ch. Henri de Tocqueville, 1849. Remplaçant de Mr. Drouyn de Lhuys. - Puisse le lorgnon qu'il tient toujours à la main lui faire voir clair dans les affaires étrangères. (Replacement for Monsieur Drouyn de Lhuys. Let us hope that the pince-nez he constantly holds in his hand may help him to have a clear view of foreign affairs). Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (1805-1859), was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America (1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1849.