One thing Hofstadter got right was seeing 1932 election as pivot not only in economic but also in birth of new coalition that displaced the old WASP elite.
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He addressed the DAR as "fellow immigrants."
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But then you have people like Teddy Roosevelt, saying that as we are all children of Abraham by birth or adoption, we are all children of the Mayflower as well: "We have traveled far since [the Puritan's] day. That liberty of conscience which he demanded for himself, we now...
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Teddy (cont): ... now realize must be as freely accorded to others as it is resolutely insisted upon for ourselves. The splendid qualities which he left to his children, we other Americans who are not of Puritan blood also claim as our heritage. You, sons of the Puritans... 2/
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