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Show ' most striking characteristics of the American people. The first, said he, is tolerance in welcoming to our land the peoplo of nearly all nations na-tions and sharing with them the blessings of freedom. Tho second feature in our national character, he declared, is our progressive spirit our willingness to accept worthy ideas no matter where they como from. But this feature is weakened by a failing we have for legislation, which he called our third most notable peculiarity. peculiar-ity. The American people seem to think, said he, that the way to rem-cdy rem-cdy evils is to keep passing new laws instead of going to the root of the matter and reforming human nature. Our fourth main characteristic, he said, is our abiding faith in ideals of government our respect for the declaration of independence, independ-ence, the constitution and the great priciples on which the nation and its welfare have been built up. WE DEPEND TOO MUCH ON LAWS. Dr. Woodrow Wilson, Demoeratio governor-elect of New Jersey in a recent address at Trenton reviewed what he considered the four |