Never again can such an opportunity come to time sons of men where to each are offered the gifts after his own will. It gave to the pioneer a restless energy. a quick capacity for judgment and action. a belief in liberty. freedom of opportunity. and a resistance to the domination of class. America has always meant to the immigrants from the Old World the opportunity to destroy the bonds of social caste and to hew out for themselves In a new country a destiny and a career proportioned to the powers that God gave them. In a word. it has and it does today offer to everyone a chance to win a larger life than any other land in the world. This conception has vitalized American democracy and has brought it into sharp contrasts with the democracies of history and with " those modern efforts of Europe to create an artificial democratic society by legislatiodn." The problem of the United States is. therefore. not to create democracy but to conserve d~mocratic Institutions and ideals. to the cd that civic power shall dominate and individual achievement shall grow for the common good.
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