Get text from link - selenium python -

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  & lt; Trying to get "home" text from li class = "active" & gt; & Lt; A href = "#" & gt; Home & lt; / A & gt; & Lt; / Li & gt;   
 I tried  
  element = self.browser.find_element_by_class_name ('active') print element.find_element_by_tag_name ('a'). Text   
 but it returns an empty string. What am I missing here?   
 
 
   
 by using code>, or xpath  .find_element_by_xpath ("// li [@ class = 'active'] / a), so how does it happen, / P> 
  element = self.browser.find_element_by_css_selector ("li.active a") print element.text