The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and ancient as that of any race or people with the exception of the American Indian and other aborigines. He came in the caravels of Columbus, and he knocked at the gates of New Amsterdam only thirty-five years after the Pilgrim Fathers stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock.

Famous Quotes / Oscar Solomon Straus

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Oscar Solomon Straus: "The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and ancient as that of any race or people with the exception of the American Indian and other aborigines. He came in the caravels of Columbus, and he knocked at the gates of New Amsterdam only thirty-five years after the Pilgrim Fathers stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock."

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Aborigines	Alien	American	Americanism
Amsterdam	Ancient	Ashore	Caravels
Columbus	Continent	Country	Exception
Fathers	Gates	Indian	Knocked
Neither	Newcomer	Original	Other
People	Pilgrim	Plymouth	Race
Rock	Stepped	Thirtyfive	Years

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The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and ancient as that of any race or people with the exception of the American Indian and other aborigines. He came in the caravels of Columbus, and he knocked at the gates of New Amsterdam only thirty-five years after the Pilgrim Fathers stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock. - Oscar Solomon Straus