 | Kenneth M. Stampp - 1981 - 342 páginas
...them was "the right to put into his mouth the bread that his own hands have earned." In this respect "he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." Lincoln disagreed sharply with Douglas's contention that the Declaration of Independence... | |
 | Herbert Mitgang - 1982 - 68 páginas
...Judge Douglas says that the Negro is not my equal. But I say in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of every living man! What's that, sir? "If I love Negroes so much, why don't I marry one?" I protest against... | |
 | Hadley Arkes - 1986 - 448 páginas
...education, but in his right not to be ruled without his consent and his "right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and . . . the equal of every living man."21 This right of the black man emerged simply from his nature as a being with the... | |
 | George M. Fredrickson - 1988 - 324 páginas
...equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."22 Here Lincoln distinguished between an elemental human equality affirmed by the Declaration... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 páginas
...man was equal to the white man in mental or moral endowment, "in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. (Great applause.)" As for political rights, racial intermarriage, and the like, these were... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 2003 - 947 páginas
...man was equal to the white man in mental or moral endowment, "in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. (Great applause.)" As for political rights, racial intermarriage, and the like, these were... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 946 páginas
...color — perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat the bread without leave of anybody else which his own hand earns, he...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every other man." [Ixmd cheers.] I have chiefly introduced this for the purpose of meeting the Judge's charge that the... | |
 | Roger L. Ransom - 1989 - 340 páginas
...bread, without the leave of anyone else, which his own hand earns," Lincoln went on, the black man "is my equal, and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."64 In the seventh and last debate, Lincoln eloquently stated the question facing the country:... | |
 | David Zarefsky - 1993 - 324 páginas
...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, he...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."51 Social equality was one thing, but equality in basic rights was another, and Douglas... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - 1991 - 474 páginas
...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, he...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. [Great applause.] Now I pass on to consider one or two more of these little follies. The... | |
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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, and the equal of every living man. 
