He (the immigrant father) would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning.

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The immigrant father would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning. Sometimes, those who have been hurt the most by the life that they have been dealt, have the greatest capacity to help those who are hurting. In this particular scenario, the immigrant father would walk by proxy as a kind of teacher to his son as well as a guide for his daughter. He would walk by proxy so that he could be there to guide and teach them what they needed to know.

This sense of responsibility is one of the things that makes immigrants so great. They willed themselves back from a difficult past and now they give to their children a better way.

Source: American Colossus: The Triumph Of Capitalism, 18651900

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