Part VI
The Basic and Fundamental Ideals of Christian American Citizenship
Mr. Chairman, reverend sirs, and friends and brothers of the Men's Club of the Pilgrim Congregational Church:
It is difficult for me to express the pleasure and honor I feel in being thus called on as your speaker. There is no organization in which I have taken a greater pleasure in belonging to. While it is true that, due to the pressure of my Americanization work and other duties, I have not been able to attend the monthly Get-Together Supper and Talk as often as I would like, let me assure you that it has been with a pang that I have missed every supper that I have missed.
I've always been a great believer in what the
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