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Equality is, for Americans, one of their most cherished values. This concept is so important for Americans that they have even given it a (36) basis. They say all people have been "created equal." Most Americans believe that God views all humans (37) without regard to intelligence, physical condition or economic status. In secular terms this belief is (38) into the assertion that all people have an equal (39) to succeed in life. Americans differ in opinion about how to make this ideal into a reality. Yet (40) all agree that equality is an important civic and social goal.
The equality concept often makes Americans seem strange to foreign visitors. Seven-eighths of the world feels quite differently. To them, rank, status and authority are seen as much more desirable (41) —even if they personally happen to find themselves near the (42) of the social order. Class and authority seem to give people in those other societies a sense of security and certainty. People outside the United States consider it (43) to know, from birth, who they are and where they fit into society.
(44) . Americans (45) . Newcomers to the United States should realize that (46) . A foreigner should be prepared to be considered "just like anybody else" while in the country.