With simple pride. he signed his most magnificent works: "C. Brumidi. artist. citizen of the United States." And in the deepest. fullest sense. Brumidis life work is symbolic of all the love and loyalty our immigrants have given to this country. and of the countless contributions they have made to a greater . . . ever greater . . . America. With immigrant eyes and with immigrant heart. with immigrant fingers and immigrant soul. Brumidi saw . . . felt . . . and understood the sweeping. soaring spirit of American democracy. And with bold brush strokes. with paint and pigment. he caught that spirit where it lives forever here. This was the immigrants legacy to the land of liberty. And so. as we move ahead with the program we have planned for this morning. let us regard this bust of Brumidi as more than a tribute to an artistic genius. Let us see it also as a fitting reminder of the dynamic and constructive role of the immigrant in the building of a greater America. and of the immigrants deep and abiding love for his adopted homeland.
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