The American Spirit in the Writings of Americans of Foreign Birth
THE AMERICAN SPIRIT IN THE WRITINGS OF AMERICANS OF FOREIGN BIRTH
SELECTIONS CHOSEN AND EDITED
BY ROBERT E. STAUFFER, A. M., B. L. S.
The Christopher Publishing House Boston, U. S. A.
Copyright 1922 By The Christopher Publishing House
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
To my revered friend and teacher Joseph Lorain Shunk And to my younger friend Henry Praus
The one born in the United States The other in far-away Czecho-Slovakia But in both of whom I have found True and noble manifestations Of the American spirit
Let us judge our immigrants also out of their own mouths, as future generations will be sure to judge them.
Mary Antin.
He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds.... The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions.
Crèvecoeur.
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INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHILIP SCHAFF
Cosmopolitan Character of American Nationality
FRANCES D’ARUSMONT
THE CONSTITUTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FRANCIS LIEBER
A GERMAN IMMIGRANT POINTS OUT THE DANGERS OF SEGREGATION
POLITICAL LIBERTY IN AMERICA
CARL SCHURZ
AN IMMIGRANT’S TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN
TRUE AMERICANISM
EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN
JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY
THE EXILE OF THE GAEL
THE PILGRIM FATHERS
HANS MATTSON
SCANDINAVIAN CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN NATIONALITY
JACOB RIIS
A YOUNG MAN’S HERO: AN IMMIGRANT’S TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT
JACOB VAN DER ZEE
WHY DUTCH EMIGRANTS TURNED TO AMERICA
EDWARD BOK
OSCAR SOLOMON STRAUS
AMERICA AND THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN JUDAISM
FELIX ADLER
THE AMERICAN IDEAL
MARY ANTIN
AN IMMIGRANT’S TRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE LAW OF THE FATHERS: A VIEW OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
ABRAHAM MITRIE RIHBANY
AMERICA OFFERS SOMETHING BETTER THAN MONEY
AN IMMIGRANT TELLS HIS STRUGGLES WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EDWARD ALFRED STEINER
THE CRIMINAL IMMIGRANT
INDUSTRIALISM AND THE IMMIGRANT
GEORGE A. GORDON
THE FOREIGN-BORN AMERICAN CITIZEN: COST, PRIVILEGE AND DUTIES OF HIS CITIZENSHIP
SERAPHIM G. CANOUTAS
AMERICANIZATION: ITS PRINCIPLES AND MEANING
STEFANO MIELE
SOME OBSTACLES TO AMERICANIZATION
JOHN KULAMER
THE AMERICAN SPIRIT AND AMERICANIZATION
ENRICO C. SARTORIO
PATRONIZING THE FOREIGNER
TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP
OTTO HERMANN KAHN
CAPITAL AND LABOR—A FAIR DEAL
MARCUS ELI RAVAGE
THE NEW IMMIGRATION
WHAT COLLEGE LIFE IN THE WEST DID FOR AN IMMIGRANT
ELIZABETH G. STERN
THE PATHOS OF READJUSTMENT
ROBERT M. WERNAER
WE MUST BE TRUE
ANGELO PATRI
AN IMMIGRANT AND HIS FATHER
AN IMMIGRANT AND THE CHILDREN
ANZIA YEZIERSKA
HOW I FOUND AMERICA
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