These, then are some of the distinguished Americans of Polish origin or descent, and this has been their story in the United States... There have been no significant movements in American history in which the Poles have not played a part, no area of American life in which they have not left an imprint of their own. They are today a vital and energetic community of Americans, of many talents and considerable material resources, whose voice is only now beginning to be heard. The swift and swelling tides of a changing world wash against their values and traditions; their former goals of middle-class security no longer seem sufficient in their evolution...