Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590120395

There Is not a vicious man in any community outside of a poorhouse that is not more or less educated. He can not live by his wits rather than by his hands unless those wits are trained to some extent. Any unlettered immigrant shows that he must have virtuous instincts by the very fact that he comes here. for le can have no other purpose than to support life by his toil. I believe it is more important that the applicant for admission to these shores should be made to show by the calloused palms of his hands that he is accustomed to work than to show glibness of tongue in meeting a literary test. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM COCKRAN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590120395
Paragraph
#2
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