Word: alienation
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...average alien does not understand what is the matter with him; and in many cases, unfortunately, he does not care. He does not understand the fundamental principles of Anglo-Saxon government, it is true; but it has taken our own race a thousand years to develop those principles to the point they have now reached and we cannot expect the alien to learn them in a day. If some of his opinions are opposed to ours, that does not of necessity make him (especially in his own eyes) either a criminal, to be forcibly deported, or an imbecile...