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"All men are created equal" is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon.  1  they sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith  2  in some fundamental way no one is born superior to anyone else.      In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility (贵族) were forbidden, no  3  class system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not  4   them from success and they would have a better chance in America, thousands of immigrants   5  to leave the European societies, where their   6  in life was determined  7  by the social class into which they were born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were   8  in their new country, though there might be  9  in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.      Americans do not mean that everyone should be  10  equal when they say they believe in equality of opportunity.  11  , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham Lincoln once said, "We wish to  12  the humblest (最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is  13  that he knows he can   14  his condition."      However, competition is the price to be   15   for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe competition  16  the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be    17  , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much  18   to those "winners",   19  does not compete successfully for whatever reason never 20  into it as well as those who do.

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