 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 pages
...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...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. [Great applause.] DOUGLAS AT FREEPORT: The last time I came here to make a speech, while talking from... | |
 | 1921 - 690 pages
...Everything, even economic necessity, had to yield to the impact of the argument from the Declaration: "in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."1 This was a sentiment that went straight to the hearts of millions of common men throughout the... | |
 | Kenneth M. Stampp - 1981 - 342 pages
...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 did not apply... | |
 | George M. Fredrickson - 1988 - 324 pages
...of Independence. Lincoln concluded this section of his speech by saying, "I agree with Judge Douglas he is not my equal in many respects — certainly...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 pages
...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...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. (Great applause.)" As for political rights, racial intermarriage, and the like, these were matters... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 2003 - 947 pages
...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...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. (Great applause.)" As for political rights, racial intermarriage, and the like, these were matters... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 946 pages
...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...the equal of 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... | |
 | Roger L. Ransom - 1989 - 340 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 was chided... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - 1991 - 474 pages
...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...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every other man." [Loud cheers.] I have chiefly introduced this for the purpose of meeting the Judge's charge... | |
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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. 
