Men of Destiny
Nonfiction work
By: Walter Lippmann
Date: 1927
Source: Lippmann, Walter. Men of Destiny. New York: Macmillan, 1927, 35–36, 38–41.
About the Author: Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) was twentieth century America's premier syndicated columnist and political analyst. So great was Lippmann's impact that historian Ronald Steel saw fit to title his award-winning biography Walter Lippmann and the American Century.
Introduction
"Demography is destiny." Perhaps nowhere is this saying so true as with politics, for long-term population trends involving birth rates and immigration have an impact on the political scene. Although founded largely by Protestants from northern and western Europe, since its inception the American colonies and later the new United States exhibited a rich ethnic diversity. The heavy Irish and German Catholic immigration of the period...
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