184 : The Atlantic 



them their first opportunity for freedom. It was not an impediment 

 to them — it was a highway that was kept open to millions of people 

 over a long period of time. The movement of these national, reli- 

 gious, racial and cultural groups has illustrated over and over again 

 the essential and important fact that it is easier to cross an ocean than 

 to travel a few miles across a European political, religious, economic 

 or linguistic barrier. 



