Some of the truest and best nlen I have ever known could neither read nor write. The failure to be able to read and write is no impeachment of a inmais integrity. but it is a great handicap to him in the race of life. The alien immigrants who seek our shores and who are thus handicapped are but poorly prepared to add to the intelligence or real greatness of our Nation or improve the standard of its citizenship. At tremendous cost we try to educate our own peopie to fitly prepare them for enlightened and wholesome American citizenship. Why not. then. require alien immigrants who seek American citizenship for the purpose of partaking of its blessings to at least possess education enough to read in some language or dialect. so that in time. if they desire to do it. they can acquire some knowledge of our freedom and form of government. appreciate to some extent our free institutions. and exercise to some good advantage the glorious responsibilities of the citizenship they seek?
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