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rayineryesterday at 1:50 PM1 replyview on HN

It was marketing that was installed on the statute of liberty in 1903, when the U.S. was already fully developed. It doesn’t reflect the original intent at all.


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AlotOfReadingyesterday at 3:01 PM

It was written in 1883, as part of fundraising for the pedestal. It might not reflect precisely the "original intent" of the statue, but it's very much in line with all of the other context.