New Britain herald., 1925-02-19

 liberty and theory of human rights that has gained wide recognition. Gerhany, during the nineteenth cen tury, gave a new meaning to the sentiment and spirit of nationality.
 "one would think from reading this record that there were no new fields of progress for our America to conquer. And yet. our nation has marked at least five new milestones along the road of progress since 1t came into existence, First. we have proved to the world how great variety of races and creeds can be made to dwell together in unity and be fitted for the exercise of political freedom. The so-called wisdom of Europe predicted that we would fall in our great democratic experiment on this side of the ocean and yet, 1t is literally true, that here has been erected Gods crucibleand into this melting pot have gone all the races creeds, ideas and ideals, that for centuries kept Europe in interm- inable conflict, not that they might be destroyed but that they might be harmonized and perfected and made truly seryicoable. America asks mo- body coming to our shores to forget nis or her native land and any Of US inspiring memores.
 Rather do we seek by fostering .1,ic tn ha nf h orla nd }f, order to establish ties of lasting friendship between them and our own. We know very well the citi- zen who forgets the land from which he came, has not In him the spirit to become Q loyal citizen of the land 10 which he has come. The only thing we ask, and we demand it, Is that there can be no divided ale glance between our flag and our country and any other.
 The second great contribution of America to civilization is our accep- tance, both in theory and practice, of the principle of religious tolera- ton. AS we look back on the his lOl ol opt NS Cdll oCt uo" lOl = tunate it was that the colonization of North America by Europeans was deferred until after the Elizabethan period in England, the so-called re- formation in Germany, and the struggle for liberty in Holland. As a result our colonists were people who in various ways, imbibed the prin- ciples of resistance to both arbitrary, civil and ecclesiastical authority. Hence came the determination to keep separate church and state in this country. And religion, at least in theory, and to a marked extent in practice, has been tabooed from our 1 political life. The doctrine of re- 1 ligious liberty is written large in our constitution. and the great principle of religious toleration better under stood and more firmly established in 1 this country than in any other. How pitiable the temporary outbursts of intolerance seem in the face of this record. Like all small things they will pass away.
 "A man once said to a friend, I am 100 per cent American. l hate | the negroes, the Jews and the Cath olics. The friend replied Then l must be 200 per cent American, hate everybody
 Religious intolerance doesn't count among intelligent people. If you hate anybody it is. because you don't know them. Hate is a sign of ignorance. ."
 "The fourth great contribution of America to progress is in the do- main of material well-being and prosperity. No where on earth, at any time. have personal and proper ty rights been safer, has inventive genius been more prolific. has edu- cation been more widely diffused has the governmental power been more adequately, freely and justly ! exercised, has wealth been more widely distributed. has any country inspired greater loyalty than our own. America is worthy of our best soliCitude, because it is today as always the greatest land of op- portunhy on Gods footstool for people who are worth while.
 Ninety per cent of all the names contained in Who's Who are of peo- ple who began life in this country in humble circumstances.
 The great majority of our presi- dents were poor boys.
 The leading captains of industry came up from the very bottom. was recently reading Ebert Hub bard's Little Journeys to the Homes of Great American Business Men and of the twelve names cited by him in this book everyone of them was typical American life story of