But into the best that the foreign-born can retain, America can graft such a wealth of inspiration, so high a national idealism, so great an opportunity for the highest endeavor, as to make him the fortunate man of the earth to-day.
He can go where he will; no traditions hamper him; no limitations are set except those within himself.

The larger the area he chooses in which to work, the larger the vision he demonstrates, the more eager the people are to give support to his undertakings if they are convinced that he has their best welfare as his goal.

There is no public confidence equal to that of the American public, once it is obtained.

It is fickle, of course, as are all publics, but fickle only toward the man who cannot maintain an achieved success.
A man in America cannot complacently lean back upon victories won, as he can in the older European countries, and depend upon the glamour of the past to sustain him or the momentum of success to carry him.
Probably the most alert public in the world, it requires of its leaders that they be alert.

Its appetite for variety is insatiable, but its appreciation, when given, is full-handed and whole-hearted.