If any of them wish to go back voluntarily all well and good. But for some to suggest that the bulk of these people be encouraged to return to Vietnam is callous and heartless. and it is not representative of the spirit of this country. The Statue of Liberty inspired Emma Lazarus. a New York poet. to write a sonnet which was inscribed on a plaque and placed in the pedestal of the statue. She composed it in 1883. after seeing refugees from persecution in czarist Russia arrive in crowded steamers. The poem reads: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame. With conquering limbs astride from land to land.
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