I was working on something else, and I came across this quote...

I was working on something else, and I came across this quote that I
thought was appropriate as we approach Thanksgiving. It is from an essay
that was the White Fund lecture I gave in 2010 (named after Judge
White). Lin-Manuel Miranda’s great play, Hamilton, recently reminded me
of how current immigrants and those now dispossessed embody the urgency
and true spirit not only of the American Revolution but also of the
Puritan migration that preceded it. I think many of the descendants of
these American revolutionaries and Puritan refugees have lost this
spirit. Even some Latinos who have made it here in America are also
quick to shut the door behind them as soon as they are on the other
side.