Excerpt from the Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty

On October 28, 1936, with a second world war brewing, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt makes a speech that emphasizes unity, peace and liberty.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Cause Greater Than Self, The New Colossus, The Statue of Liberty Address, poems about America, America, America and I, What Is an American, Growing Up Asian in America, Let America Be America Again, The Four Freedoms, The Bill of Rights, What Is Freedom, Is the American Dream Still Possible, The Declaration of Independence, poems about immigrants, Money, A Raisin in the Sun, Who Burns, Roberto Acuna, Barack Obama, The Right to Fail
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  1. aspiration
    a will to succeed
    They came to us speaking many tongues--but a single language, the universal language of human aspiration.
  2. capable
    having ability
    They not only found freedom in the New World, but by their effort and devotion, they made the New World's freedom safer, richer, more far-reaching, more capable of growth.
  3. retain
    secure and keep for possible future use or application
    We take satisfaction in the thought that those who have left their native land to join us may still retain here their affection for some things left behind--old customs, old language, old friends.
  4. destiny
    a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future
    And those children more and more realize their common destiny in America.
  5. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
    The realization that we are all bound together by hope of a common future rather than by reverence for a common past has helped us to build upon this continent a unity unapproached in any similar area or population in the whole world.
  6. unity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
    For all our millions of square miles, for all our millions of people, there is a unity in language and speech, in law and in economics, in education and in general purpose, which nowhere finds its match.
  7. establish
    set up or found
    The grandfather of my old friend the French Ambassador and those who helped him make this gift possible, were citizens of a great sister Republic established on the principle of the democratic form of government.
  8. enlighten
    give spiritual insight to
    He suggested that liberty enlightening the world would extend her rays from these shores to every other Nation.
  9. fulfillment
    the act of consummating something, as a desire or promise
    Out of that reservoir, out of the melting pot, the rich promise which the New World held out to those who came to it from many lands is finding fulfillment.
  10. dedication
    a ceremony in which something is given to a goal or purpose
    It is fitting therefore, that this should be a service of rededication, rededication to the liberty and the peace which this statue symbolizes.
Created on 十一月 7, 2014 (updated 十一月 9, 2014)

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