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What did I learn in my travels? In whatever foreign country I visited I met dreamers who longed to reach America and its promise of an enriched life so I knew we had a country rich in opportunity, but I also met those brilliant Jews already in America who had been denied that promise.

What did I learn in my travels? In whatever foreign country I visited I met dreamers who longed to reach America and its promise of an enriched life so I knew we had a country rich in opportunity, but I also met those brilliant Jews already in America who had been denied that promise.

Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern

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James A. Michener
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Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for James A. Michener: documented activity in 1947. Wikidata Q361653, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361653 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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