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" I hold that, notwithstanding 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, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is... "
Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin - Page 216
by William Dean Howells - 1860 - 390 pages
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 314 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Lawyers - 1916 - 314 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 312 pages
...happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns,...
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The Voice of Lincoln

Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which his own hand...
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Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Letters

Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral'and intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat bread, without leave of anybody else, which...
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Secession and Constitutional Liberty: In which is Shown the Right ..., Volume 2

Bunford Samuel - Constitutional law - 1920 - 448 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence—the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...agree with Judge Douglas he is not my equal in many respects—certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right...
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The Making of Our Country: A History of the United States for Schools

Smith Burnham - United States - 1920 - 730 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is not my equal in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat the...
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Selections from the Works of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 pages
...entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which his own hand...
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A Beginner's History

William Harrison Mace - United States - 1921 - 530 pages
...natural rights [named] in the Declaration of Independence ... I agree with Judge Douglas, he [the negro] is not my equal in many respects — certainly not...endowments. But, in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal, and the equal of Judge Douglas,...
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Liberty and the Great Libertarians: An Anthology on Liberty, a Hand-book of ...

Charles T. Sprading - Libertarianism - 1913 - 550 pages
...Negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...I agree with Judge Douglas, he is not my equal in any respect, certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments, but in the right...
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