Quindlen wanted to say that various different pieces of culture that usually don't make much sense when put together actually did make much sense and just like a quilt where you put numerous different patches together and get a nice quilt, people built America even though it seemed unlikely.
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<em><u>Leader Haile Selassie modernized African society through the institution of progressive social, economic, and educational reforms.</u></em>