M.S. Bellows, Jr. on Nostr: "The Italians [immigrants ca. 1910] had a saying: 'I came to America because I heard ...
"The Italians [immigrants ca. 1910] had a saying: 'I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out three things. First, the streets weren't paved with gold. Second, they weren't paved at all. And third, I was expected to pave them.'" -Timothy Egan, "The Big Burn: Teddy Rodent and the Fire That Saved America" (Houghton Mifflin, 2009)
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