grown too big; just as
the little house in Polotzk, once my home, has now become a toy of
memory, as I move about at will in the wide spaces of this splendid
palace, whose shadow covers acres. No! it is not I that belong to the
past, but the past that belongs to me. America is the youngest of the
nations, and inherits all that went before in history. And I am the
youngest of America's children, and into my hands is given all her
priceless heritage, to the last white star espied through the
telescope, to the last great thought of the philosopher. Mine is the
whole majestic past, and mine is the shining future.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

_To my mother who bore me; to my father who endowed me; to my
brothers and sisters who believed in me; to my friends who loved
me; to my teachers who inspired me; to my neighbors who
befriended me; to my daughter who enlarged me; to my husband who
opened the door of the greater life for me;--to all these who
helped to make this book, I give my thanks._

GLOSSARY

KEY TO PRONUNCIATION

a as in man
ae as in far
e as in met
[=e] as in meet
e as long e in German Leder
i as in pin
[=i] as in file
o as in not
[=o] as in note
oe as in German Koenig
u as in circus
[=u] as in mute
[.u] as in pull
ai as in aisle
oi as in joint
ch as in German ach, Scotch loch
[h.] as in German ach, Scotch loch
l as in failure
n as in canon
zh as z in seizure.

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| Transcriber's Note: |
| |
| The diacritical marks used in the pronunciations for the |
| original text are not available in the standard text |
| character set. |
| |
| The following substitutions have been made: |
| |
| The macron (long bar) used over e, i, o, and u are represented |
| as [=e], [=i], [=o] and [=u]. |
| The diacritical u with a dot above, is represented as [.u]. |
| The diacritical h with a dot below, is represented as [h.]. |
| The diacritical l with a circumflex (hat ^