He never dreamed of any other. He does not come here with the hope that he will be chosen to administer the Government unless. indeed. he be among some of those who are admitted under your limitations to the effect that only the educated can enter. I opposed that idea of a literacy test bitterly in Congress. on the. ground that what we wanted here were not linguists: but laborers. We wanted men not with glib tongues. but with calloused hands. I would value the man with the calloused hands that show l1e is habituated to. labor more than. one who could display the utmost didactical ability in answering questions of Unsited States examiners.
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