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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 68 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Clayton Wolfe (1900–38) |
| QUOTATION: | So, then, to every man his chance—to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity—to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him—this, seeker, is the promise of America. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS WOLFE, You Can’t Go Home Again, chapter 31, p. 508 (1940). |
| SUBJECTS: | America |
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