mattnewport comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mattnewport 03 June 2010 02:08:45AM *  0 points [-]

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
with silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

It worked out pretty well for the US.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 June 2010 10:29:38AM 0 points [-]

It worked out pretty well for the US, but a distressingly high proportion of Americans don't seem to know that.