Famous Immigrants e-bog

THEY COME TO THIS EXCEPTIONAL country in every generation bythe millions, from every corner of the world, from every country. Th ey comein every generation for the same reason. Th e United States of America isnot unlike the shining beacon that never dims, never fails to advertise itspromise. For all who seek a better life, to breathe freer, to exercise the skillsand the talents they possess, it is the country of fi rst choice for millions ofimmigrants. It has been this way since the founding of the republic. Th e promise held out to the newcomer has but one condition, loyalty inexchange for opportunity. Every immigrant enters into this time-honoredcontract with the words: I pledge allegiance to the fl ag of the United Statesof America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Implicit in the American promise is the opportunity to try and to tryagain; implicit is the understanding that to try and to fail is not the end, butmerely the beginning of new hope, the freedom to try once more. Success in this exceptional country may mean all that one might hopefor: fame and riches and a satisfaction to have been free enough to realizeones potential. In these pages, we have assembled portraits of a few amongthe millions of newcomers who succeeded to the utmost in what theychose to do. Exceptional in an exceptional country, their lives and theirachievements are a refl ection of the larger light that drew them here.