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What Gebran khalil Gebran wrote on Immigration in 1926:
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I believe in you, and I believe in your
destiny
I believe that you are contributors to this new
civilization
I believe that you have inherited from your ancestors an ancient dream, a song, a prophecy https://twitter.com/romyjournalist/status/1250028903189659655
What Gebran khalil Gebran wrote on Immigration in 1926:
1-
I believe in you, and I believe in your
destiny
I believe that you are contributors to this new
civilization
I believe that you have inherited from your ancestors an ancient dream, a song, a prophecy https://twitter.com/romyjournalist/status/1250028903189659655
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...which you can proudly lay as a gift of gratitude upon the lap of America.
I believe you can say to the founders of this
great nation,”Here I am, a youth,a young tree whose roots were plucked from the hills of Lebanon, yet I am deeply rooted here, and I would be fruitfull.”
...which you can proudly lay as a gift of gratitude upon the lap of America.
I believe you can say to the founders of this
great nation,”Here I am, a youth,a young tree whose roots were plucked from the hills of Lebanon, yet I am deeply rooted here, and I would be fruitfull.”
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And I believe that you can say to Abraham Lincoln, the blessed, “Jesus of Nazareth touched your lips when you spoke, and guided
your hand when you wrote. And I shall uphold all that you have said and all that you have written.”
And I believe that you can say to Abraham Lincoln, the blessed, “Jesus of Nazareth touched your lips when you spoke, and guided
your hand when you wrote. And I shall uphold all that you have said and all that you have written.”
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I believe that you can say to Emerson and Whitman and James,
“In my veins runs the blood of the poets and wise men of old, and it is my desire to come to you and receive, but I shall not come with empty hands.”
I believe that you can say to Emerson and Whitman and James,
“In my veins runs the blood of the poets and wise men of old, and it is my desire to come to you and receive, but I shall not come with empty hands.”
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I believe that even as your ancestors came to this land to produce riches, you were born here to produce riches by intelligence, by labor.
And I believe that it is in you to be good citizens.
I believe that even as your ancestors came to this land to produce riches, you were born here to produce riches by intelligence, by labor.
And I believe that it is in you to be good citizens.
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And what is it to be a good citizen?
It is to acknowledge the other person’s rights before asserting your own, but always to be conscious of your own.
It is to be free in thought and deed, but it is to know that your freedom is subject to the other person’s freedom.
And what is it to be a good citizen?
It is to acknowledge the other person’s rights before asserting your own, but always to be conscious of your own.
It is to be free in thought and deed, but it is to know that your freedom is subject to the other person’s freedom.
7-It is to create the useful&the beautiful with ur hands,&to admire what others have created in love&with faith
It is to produce wealth by labor&only by labor,&to spend less than u have produced,so that ur children may not be dependent on the state for support when u are no more
It is to produce wealth by labor&only by labor,&to spend less than u have produced,so that ur children may not be dependent on the state for support when u are no more
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It is to stand before the towers of New York, Washington, Chicago, and San Francisco saying in your heart, “I am the descendant of a people that built Damascus and Byblos, and Tyre and Sidon and Antioch,
and now I am
here to build with you, and with a will.”
It is to stand before the towers of New York, Washington, Chicago, and San Francisco saying in your heart, “I am the descendant of a people that built Damascus and Byblos, and Tyre and Sidon and Antioch,
and now I am
here to build with you, and with a will.”
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It is to be proud of being an American, but
it is also to be proud that your fathers and mothers came from a land upon which God laid his gracious hand and raised his messengers.
It is to be proud of being an American, but
it is also to be proud that your fathers and mothers came from a land upon which God laid his gracious hand and raised his messengers.
