Every fanatic who wants to control his neighbors conduct is here or at some other legislative body demanding .that a law be passed to regulate that neighbors conduct. What is it [that] has made this race great? It has not been the proud blood of any illustrious ancestry. it has. not been because we could trace our lineage back to kings and a royal household. it has not been because of the peculiar graces or abilities of those immigrants who came to our shores and from whose loins we are sprung. It is simply because for once in the history of the world the chains were taken from the arms. the shackles from the brain. the shadows of fear were dissipated by the sunlight of liberty and freedom. and every brain of every human CXVII- 107Part 2 being. great or small. was at liberty to function. every arm and every limb wasat liberty to move. So we unleashed the latent powers of a race of people. and from the cottage of poverty there came forth the genius. and from the house of the man of humble estate there emerged the child who could turn the dull and inexpressive canvas into pictured harmony of color. light. and shade. and paint the rainbows mingling hues and marvelous tints.
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