I would rather say to him. "Are you sound in body. mind. and character? " "Are you ready to do your full part. whatever it nmy be. in this hospitable country?" "Are you willing and able. if need be. to do the very hardest work of all?" Measuring up to these requirements. lie should be admitted. It was just a little more than 28 years ago that I. still seeking further opportunity to acquire an education. left my southern home and came to the city of my adoption. where my friend MARCl 25. from Pennsylvania imagines the English language is seldom spoken. At that time the great tide of immigration from southern Europe was onlk setting in. Only comparatively few had then arrived. but enough to start the cry among the alarmists that the country was in danger of being swamped by immigration from Italy. Both those who had prophesied evil and those who had faith in the coming immigrants. as I had. waited and watched the result. They had not long to wait. Soon the Italian immigrant began to make himself felt in the community he had chosen for his home. In business. in all the professions. and in every walk of life he soon began to make his place. One of them became surgeon general of the State. and is generally recognized as one of the mosL brilliant surgeons in the entire State.
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