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Page 167
When the Know - Nothings get control , it will read " all men are created equal , except negroes , and foreigners and Catholics . " When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving ...
When the Know - Nothings get control , it will read " all men are created equal , except negroes , and foreigners and Catholics . " When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving ...
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Each one is affected equally in quality if not in quantity by the institutions under which he lives and has an equal right to express his judgment , although the weight of his judgment may not be equal in amount when it enters into the ...
Each one is affected equally in quality if not in quantity by the institutions under which he lives and has an equal right to express his judgment , although the weight of his judgment may not be equal in amount when it enters into the ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN , speech , Chicago , July 10 , 1858 In the right to eat the bread which his own hand earns , he [ the Negro ] is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas , and the equal of every living man .
ABRAHAM LINCOLN , speech , Chicago , July 10 , 1858 In the right to eat the bread which his own hand earns , he [ the Negro ] is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas , and the equal of every living man .
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Contents
Introduction | 2 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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American ANON asked beautiful become believe body called civilization comes common Constitution dead death earth equal experience eyes face fact father fear feel force freedom GEORGE give ground hand head hear heart HENRY hope human Ibid idea interest JAMES JOHN keep kind land leave less letter liberty light LINCOLN lines live look March MARK matter means mind nature never night once passed peace person play political race reason remember seemed sense side society soul speak speech spirit stand talk tell things thought tion tree true truth turn United universe whole write York young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Treasury, 1455-1955 |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Harper, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 1108 pages |
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