They prove their lack of intelligence and character by their lack of industry. As I stated before. the intelligence. character. and industry of the citizen makes the greatness of the Republic. We are glad to welcome immigrants to this country who will uphold and maintain our present high standards of life. but we will be doing a serious injury to ourselves and our children if we allow the gates to remain open to the ignorant. vicious. and lazy who seek to come to us from the Old World. We must separate the good from the bad when they come to our ports for admission. and I know of no test that we can apply that universally will be more effective and more successful in excluding those whom we do not want and admitting thosp that we do than the educational test that is proposed in this bill. The pride of our country is the high position of American labor. our good wages. and our comfortable homes.
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The ignorant, vicious, and lazy are coming from the Old World.