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Page 109
... hold this annual celebra- tion to remind ourselves of all the good done in this process of time , of how it was done and who did it , and how we are historically connected with it ; and we go from these meetings in better humor with ...
... hold this annual celebra- tion to remind ourselves of all the good done in this process of time , of how it was done and who did it , and how we are historically connected with it ; and we go from these meetings in better humor with ...
Page 111
... hold if that course of argumentation that is made for the purpose of convincing the public mind that we should not care about this should be granted , it does not stop with the negro . I should like to know - taking this old Declaration ...
... hold if that course of argumentation that is made for the purpose of convincing the public mind that we should not care about this should be granted , it does not stop with the negro . I should like to know - taking this old Declaration ...
Page 115
... hold that , notwith- standing all this , there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence the right to life , lib- erty , and the pursuit of happiness ...
... hold that , notwith- standing all this , there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence the right to life , lib- erty , and the pursuit of happiness ...
Page 119
... hold myself entirely bound by it . In other words , that question has never been prominently enough before me to induce me to investigate whether we really have the constitutional power to do it . I could investigate it if I had ...
... hold myself entirely bound by it . In other words , that question has never been prominently enough before me to induce me to investigate whether we really have the constitutional power to do it . I could investigate it if I had ...
Page 121
... hold office , nor to intermarry with white people ; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of ...
... hold office , nor to intermarry with white people ; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of ...
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