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A characteristic thing about the aspiring immigrant is the fact that he is not content to progress alone. Solitary success is imperfect success in his eyes. He must take his family with him as he rises.

Source: The Promised Land, Chap. 19, 1912.
-- Mary Antin, (NA 1881-1949), Russian-US socialite, author; She was born in Russia, but emigrated to America with her family when she was 15 and settled in a Boston slum.

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