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    TheAmericanDreamisthatdreamofalandinwhichlifeshouldbebetterandricherandfullerfor
    everyone,withopportunityforeachaccordingtoabilityorachievement.Itisadifficultdreamforthe
    Europeanupperclassestointerpretadequately,andtoomanyofusourselveshavegrownwearyand
    mistrustfulofit.Itisnotadreamofmotorcarsandhighwagesmerely,butadreamofsocialorderin
    whicheachmanandeachwomanshallbeabletoattaintothefulleststatureofwhichtheyareinnately
    capable,andberecognizedbyothersforwhattheyare,regardlessofthefortuitouscircumstancesof
    birthorposition.

    ExcerptedfromTheEpicofAmericabyJamesTruslowAdams,publishedbyLittleBrown&Company.

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