And for their homes and their country countless thousands on many battle fields gave up their lives. But what about a vagt majority of those coming here now? A misfit picture has often been painted of the incoming immigrant and has excited the sympathy of many unfary and unthinking. It is this: The great ocean liner appears off Sandy Hook. she is slowly piloted through the Narrows. and as the mists rise from the inner bay the Statue of Liberty. the immigrants beacon light of hope. is beheld. then as he passes up Broadway he observes the statue of Nathan Hale. in Park Place. which patriotically inspires him as he reads the inscription on the monument. "The only regret I have is that I have but one life to give to my country." Then the immigrant is further inspired as he beholds the statuesof Lafayette.. Lincoln. Sumner.
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Presents an idealized, unrealistic view of immigrants being immediately inspired by American history and values.