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 "Who told you to come here and apply for citizenship papers?"

"Angelo. Angelo send man; man give lessons. Man say 'Antonio, now you know enough to be citizen. You become citizen and vote for Angelo. The man smiled with the triumphant air of one who has made something exceedingly clear.

But there was no answering smile on old Judge Seifert's face. "American citizenship," he said in his dry voice, "is not something at the disposal of any man who desires to run for public office. The privilege of American citizenship is a sacred privilege, open only to those who seek it out of love for the American ideal of liberty and justice. This applicant," he said, turning to the Government representative, "does not come into this court with the proper spirit, and his application for citizenship must be denied. Call the next case."

Antonio Moretto went in bewilderment back to his seat trying to comprehend this calamity that had befallen him. Friends explained the situation in hurried whispers; and once he broke forth in an excited protest that was instantly hushed. Oliver Morse, staring at the judge, felt dimly in his soul the solemnity of human drama. Citizenship, he had thought, was always given if one had the necessary knowledge and had lived