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which two sentences support the claim that americans have greater equality than people in other countries?
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adapted from what is an americanr in letters from an american farmer
by). hector st. john cravecoeur
i wish i could be acquainted with the feelings and thoughts which mustapitate the heart and present themselves to the mind of an
enlightened englishman, when he first lands on this continent. he must greatly rejoice that he lived at a time to see this fair country discovered
and settled; he must necessarily feel a share of national pride, when he views the chain of settlements which embellishes these extended
shores. when he says to himself, this is the work of my countrymen, who, when convulsed by factions, afflicted by a variety of miseries and
wants, restless and impatient, took refuge here. they brought along with them their national genius, to which they principally owe what liberty
they enjoy, and what substance they possess
here he sees the industry of his native country displayed in a new manner, and traces in their works the embryos of all the arts, sciences, and
ingenuity which flourish in europe. here he beholds fair cities, substantial villages, extensive fields, an immense country filled with decent
houses, good roads, orchards, meadows, and bridges, where an hundred years ago all was wild, woody and uncultivated! what a train of
pleasing ideas this fair spectade must suggest it is a prospect which must inspire a good citizer with the most heartfelt pleasure.
the difficulty consists in the manner of viewing so extensive a scene. he is arrived on a new continent a modern society offers itself to his
contemplation, different from what he had hitherto seen. it is not composed, as in europe, of great lords who possess everything and of a herd
of people who have nothing. here are no aristocratical families, no courts, no kings, no bishops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no invisible power
giving to a few a very visible one; no great manufacturers employing thousands, no great refinements of luxury. the rich and the poor are not so
far removed from each other as they are in europe. some few towns excepted, we are all tillers of the earth, from nova scotia to west florida.
we are a people of cultivators, scattered over an immense territory communicating with each other by means of good roads and navigable
rivers, united by the silken bands of mild government, all respecting the laws, without dreading their power, because they are equitable. we are
all animated with the spirit of an industry which is unfettered and unrestrained, because each person works for himself.
if he travels through our rural districts he views not the hostile castle, and the haughty mansion, contrasted with the clay-built hut and
miserable cabin, where cattle and men to keep each other warm, and dwell in meanness, smoke, and indigence. a pleasing uniformity of
decent competence appears throughout our habitations. the meanest of our log-houses is a dry and comfortable habitation. lawyer or
merchant are the fairest titles our towns afford; that of a farmer is the only appellation of the rural inhabitants of our country,
we have no princes, for whom we toil, starve, and bleed: we are the most perfect society now existing in the world. here man is free, as he
many ages will not see the shores of our great lakes replenished with
inland nations, nor the unknown bounds of north america entirely peopled. who can tell how far it extends? who can tell the millions of men
whom it will feed and contain? for no european foot has as yet travelled half the extent of this mighty continent!