Henry Ward Beecher: “It is not a permission of law; it is the inherent right of the…”

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It is not a permission of law; it is the inherent right of the individual.

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Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher asserts that the right to free expression is inherent to individuals, not just granted by law.

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Remember, that New-England brought to America those principles which every State in the Union has more or less thoroughly adopted.

But the North will be an utterly dead force in the American nation.

Yet, New-England, strong at home, compact, educated, right-minded; has gradually lost influence, and the whole North with her.

She has not yet told this Continent all that is in her heart.

Henry Ward Beecher: “It is not a permission of law; it is the inherent right of the individual.”