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With the right of voting, everything that a man ought to have or enjoy of civil rights comes to him.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “With the right of voting, everything that a man ought to have or enjoy of civil rights comes to him.”
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Boutwell asserts that voting rights are essential for the enjoyment of all civil rights.
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