Decrying the Nations drawbacks. however. has become so habitual in some quarters that the critics forget to acknowledge the basic Integrity of the institutions whose f ailings are under attack. Sometimes It takes a foreign viewpoint to restore our own perspective. Ironically some of this countrys stanchest defenders were not born here but came as immigrants. poor and homeless. lacking in the advantages taken for granted by nativeborn Americans. These people did not find the streets paved with gold. but they found something they valued even more highly. the opportunity to make their own way to prosperity. Despite the handicaps under which they labored. many have been strikingly successful. and most are extremely grateful to their adopted land.
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