Fischer asserts that during different periods of time, a population of people will have very distinct beliefs, fears, hopes and prejudices, and that various groups of settlers brought these feelings to the New World where they more or less froze in time in America, even if they eventually changed in their place of origin.
费舍尔认为在不同时期的阶段，很多人会有不同的信仰、恐惧、希望和偏见，并且不同的定居族群把他们的思想带到新世界，他们或多或少在美国冷冻了一段时间，但最终都改变了他们来自的地方。