The first episode in the 'Touching the Rail' (TTR) installments, where Alastair shares words for you to ponder and make use of in your own lives. Right now, when we are all being forced to come up for air and take a pause from our regular, insane lives, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the instincts and propensities that we have – culturally and individually. Take this pause and find reflection in your life through Alexis de Tocqueville's words from Democracy in America.