Chairman. in view of the fact that I propose to discuss this question from a different angle from which it has yet been approached I desire not to be interrupted by either friend or foe. Mir. Chairman. some years ago when this House was considering a restrictive immigration measure I had occasion to rise in my place and to ask my auditors. "What is Immigration? " It occurs to me today in opening what I may have to say on this measure that I ought to repeat the question. We all know that movement is the law of life. the running rivers refresh and fertilize the world. the constant flow and ebb of the tides keep the ocean from stagnation and the earth from death. and above and beyond the circling spheres In their ordered march around the center of our systemitself in flight through space round vaster systems--control. maintain. and direct the movement and motion of our sphere. which is life. The sun draws from the deep the rains It scatters over hill and dale to feed the rivers. supply the springs. and renew the seas. the earth moves the moon. which is the mother of the tides. and so all the forces of God and nature. from the green things growing in our yard even to the outermost rim of limitless space. unite to compel this universal movement. which Is. I repeat. life. Manthe races and nations. the tribes. and the clansis subject to this universal law. it has been so since the beginning of recorded tne. and this human movement. mark you. is immigration. The race has ever been on the move. Movement. eternal movement. the ceaseless marching of the peoples. the constant waste and restoration that eliminated the weak and made the strong. that selected the brawn and developed LXV369 the brain. that gave us the splendid thing we call civilization. that plowed and cultivated the fields from whose soil have sprung religion and culture. law and letters. trade and commerce. and the freedom. peace. happiness. and order that are ours today.
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