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government he obeys, and the new ranks he holds. He
becomes an American by being received in the broad
lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all
nations are melted into a new race of men, whose la­
bors and posterity will one day cause great changes in
the world. Americans are the western pilgrims who are
carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sci­
ences, vigor, and industry which began long since in
the East; they will finish the great circle. The Ameri­
cans were once scattered all over Europe; here they
are incorporated into one of the finest systems of popu­
lation which has ever appeared, and which thereafter
become distinct by the power of different climates they
inhabit. The American ought therefore to love this coun­
try much better than that wherein he or his forefathers
were born. Here the rewards of his industry follow with
equal steps the progress of his labor; his labor is founded
on the basis of nature, self-interest; can it want a stron­
ger allurement?. . . The American is a new man, who
acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain
new ideas and form new opinions. (Hector St. John de
Crevecoeur, “What is an American?”)

2. And one example, whether love or fear doth work more
in a child for virtue and learning, I will gladly report;
which may be heard with some pleasure and followed
with more profit. Before I went into Germany, I came
to Broadgate to take my leave of that noble Lady Jane
Grey . . . “And how came you, madame,” quoth I, “to
this deep knowledge of pleasure, and w hat did chiefly
allure you unto it, seeing not many women, but very
few men, have attained thereunto?” “I will tell you,”
quoth she, “and tell you a truth which perchance ye
will marvel at. One of the great benefits that ever God
gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents
and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in pres­
ence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep

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