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The beautiful Statue of Liberty, what do you mean by the torch and books in her hand?

The goddess, with her lips closed, wearing a radiant crown and an ancient Roman robe, held a torch 12 meters high in her right hand and a stone tablet symbolizing the American Declaration of Independence in her left hand, engraved with the words "1776. 7. 4" as the date of the declaration. The broken chain is still on the foot, symbolizing the overthrow of tyranny. On the pedestal of the granite statue, a well-known poem by American poetess Emma Nasaroach is engraved: Give me the tired and poor people who are crowded together and eager to breathe freely, give me the poor people who are abandoned on the bustling shore, give me the homeless and stormy people, and give me the lamp of freedom standing in the Golden Gate.