Without it. we might never have achieved the cohesion that permits IrishAmerican and AfdcanAmerican. AsianAmerican and HispanicAmerican. to live in peace and prosperity together as in no other nation on earth. The experience of two other immigrant nationsCanada and Israeloffers us clear lessons on just how powerful a force language can be in either uniting or dividing a people. These are lessons we cannot fail to heed. Canada. our neighbor to the north. bears much in common with the United States. Our settlement. founding. and national growth share the same time and place in world history. Our peoples emigrated from the same native lands. But unlike America. Canada has struggled with the divisive issue of language since its earliest days.
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