There is room for everybody in America; has he any particular talent or industry? He exerts it in order to procure a livelihood, and it succeeds.J. Hector St. John de CrevecoeurLetters from an American Farmer · 1782★ 3.5
Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow.J. Hector St. John de CrevecoeurLetters from an American Farmer · 1782★ 3.5
Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur1782★ 3.5
LetterWhat then is the American, this new man? He is either a European, or the descendant of a European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country... Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur1782★ 3.5