 | Thomas Jefferson - 1853 - 636 strani
...opportunities for the development of their genius were not favorable, and those of exercising it still less so. I expressed them therefore with great hesitation...understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful... | |
 | George Livermore - 1862 - 246 strani
...opportunities for the development of their genius were not favorable, and those of exercising it still less so. I expressed them, therefore, with great hesitation...understanding, he was not, therefore, lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful... | |
 | George Washington Julian - 1872 - 512 strani
...decline none of the consequences of my vote. Mr. Jefferson, speakso ing of the negroes, declared that " whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights," and he likewise declared that " among those who either pay or fight for their country no line can be... | |
 | 1878 - 588 strani
...dency. The President, in acknowledging the gift, did not recede from his old opinion. " But," said he, " because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in...understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others." Unfortunately, the bishop's book possessed no value, because he omitted to... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1863 - 548 strani
...opportunities for the development of their genins were not favorable, and those of exercising it still less so. I expressed them, therefore, with great hesitation...understanding, he was not, therefore, lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1898 - 580 strani
...opportunities for the development of their genius were not favorable, and those of exercising it still less so. I expressed them therefore with great hesitation...understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of \/ others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1898 - 430 strani
...could be no equality between whites and blacks. To this Jefferson replied, "Their degree of talent is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton...in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the persons and property of others." The most important aspect of the slavery question respected its spread... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 strani
...would now '• have been Christian. 48. Whatever be the degree of talent it is no measure of right; because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in...understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. 49The English never made an equal commercial treaty with any nation, and we... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 strani
...world would now have been Christian. 48. Whatever be the degree of talent it is no measure of right; because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in...understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. 49The English never made an equal commercial treaty with any nation, and we... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1901 - 458 strani
...superiority of the white man he said : " Whatever their degree of talent, it is no measure of their right. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the persons or the property of others." When he was engaged with Wythe and Pendleton in the revision of... | |
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I expressed them therefore with great hesitation; but whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. 
