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Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of exiles.
Source: The New Colossus, 1883.
-- Emma Lazarus, (Jul 22 1849-1887), US poet; She was a spokesperson for Judaism who is best known for New Colossus which is inscribed on the base of Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.