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.
Where the schoolhouse banner flaunts the morning breeze,