Randolph Bourne,

"We are all foreign-born or the descendants of foreign-born,and if distinctions are to be made between us, they should rightly be on some other ground than indigenousness. The early colonists came over with motives no less colonial than the later. They did not come to be assimilated in an American melting pot. They did not come to adopt the culture of the American Indian. They had not the smallest intention of 'giving themselves without reservation' to the new country. They came to get freedom to live as they wanted to. They came to escape from the stifling air and chaos of the old world; they came to make their fortune in a new land. They invented no new social framework. Rather they brought over bodily the old ways to which they had been accustomed. Tightly concentrated on a hostile frontier, they were conservative beyond belief. Their pioneer daring was reserved for the objective conquest of material resources. In their folkways, in their social and political institutions, they were, like every colonial people, slavishly imitative of the mother country. So that, in spite of the 'Revolution,' our whole legal and political system remained more English than the English, petrified and unchanging, while in England law developed to meet the needs of the changing times."  http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1916/07/trans-national-america/304838/
     This paragraph brought a sense of comfort to me. I actually agree with what it has to say about the American melting pot and what happens when more then one culture comes together. Most of us are not from here and are mostly foreigners. It states how colonist did not come to adopt the american Indian culture but to also embrace theirs. A part of coming to America is to come as we are, whether accepted or not. Many came to find relief from their old lifestyle. "To make fortune in a new land" as the paragraph states is something that can be a priority as well. 
     I found it amusing how the paragraph states how the English stayed more English while being petrified and unchanging and those who were in England developed needs of changing time. I can see the correlation to our time right now. Many people from different culture come here and try and stay close to their culture and beliefs, while those back at home are trying to open their minds to change. This paragraph stands out to me because of what is going on now in America. Many people come and place a piece of their culture and beliefs, whether it was intentional or not, to America. America is a place that can bring opportunity regarding working and can also be a better living situation compared to the olf life foreigners had.