...What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He has become an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of man, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the western pilgrims....
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Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur (1735-1813) ishte emigrante evropiane i cili ju pershtate jetes Amerikane. Ka lindur ne nje familje te pasur aristokrate ne France dhe Crevecoeur emrigroj ne Kanade ne moshen 19 vjeqare per te sherbyer per disa vjet ne armaten Francese ne Quebec. Pas karieres ushtarake kaloj disa vjet duke shetitur neper kolonite amerikane. Me larte kam sjellur nje paragraf nga romani i tij "Letters from an American Farmer", ku Cervecoeur pershkruan njeriun e ri, pra njeriun Amerikane. Cervecoeur ka kaluar 12 vitet e fundit te tij i braktisur nga te gjithe dhe midis c'rregullimeve politike ne Evrope.