File:The State House in Boston in 1915.jpg

Identifier: littlebookforimm00bost (find matches)
Title: A little book for immigrants in Boston
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Committee on Americanism
Subjects: Americanization
Publisher: City of Boston : Printing department
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
Itmeans the rule of all the people, deciding carefullyand calmly what is best for all. The United Statesis a democracy. Liberty. The immigrant who sailed up New York harborwhen he came to this country saw there a greatbronze statue holding a lighted torch high in the air.This is a statue of libertj enlightening the world.It was presented to America by France, which heljxdus to win our liberty. It is a true sym))ol of America,which is a land of liberty. In America the citizen is free to worship in anychurch according to his conscience. He is free tochange his occupation or his residence. His jiersonis free. He has freedom of speech and of oj^inion. This does not mean that he has a right to injureothers and be a law unto himself. If every man werea little king, no one would be truly free. The freeAmerican obeys the law, which is made by all thepeople for the good of all. Sometimes the peoplewish to change the law. Perhaps an old law is nolonger suitable. Then the people change it calmly
Text Appearing After Image:
UJ O I UJ I FOR IMMIC.HANTS. G3 and carrfully. in the way the law itself prescribes forehan^in^ the law. American freedom is an orderlyfreedom. Equdlity. Tiie Declaration of Indei)endence says that allmen are created ec)iial. This does not mean thatall men are eciually strong or c(iually useful. Everyone knows that there are great dilTerences ampngmen. But true Americans believe that there arealso great resemblances among them; that the differ-ences are sometimes exaggerated or superficial, andthat they are often due to opportunity or education.Only if all men had ecjual 0))i)ortunity and equal edu-cation could they show their real ability and useful-ness. The American principle of equality meansthat all men are equal as citizens and before the law. Unity. This nation is called the United States of America.Its Latin motto, E Pluribus Unum, means Many inOne. There are forty-eight states but one flag;descendants of many races but one people. Wehave one language, one capital, one Preside

Note About Images