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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.— SAM'L ADAMS — Statement of the Rights

of the Colonists, etc. 1772. They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the rights of man. C.— BURKE — On the Army Estimates. Vol. III. P. 221.

The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.— RUFUS CHOATE — Letter to the Maine

Whig Committee. 1856. Sir, I would rather be right than be President.— HENRY CLAY — Speech, 1850. Referring

to the Compromise Measure. But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.— CRABBE — Tales. Tale XV. The Squire

and the Priest. And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, - Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life to endless sleep!— JOHN DYER — Grongar Hill. L. 93.

Two ways the rivers Leap down to different seas, and as they roll Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence Becomes a benefaction to the towns They visit, wandering silently among them, Like patriarchs old among their shining tents.— LONGFELLOW — Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. V.

By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.— MARLOWE — The Passionate Shepherd to

For right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin.— F. W. FABER — The Right Must Win. St. 18.

For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.— FRANCIS HUTCHESON — A System of

Moral Philosophy. The General Notions of Rights and Laws Explained. Bk. II. Ch. III. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.— THOMAS JEFFERSON — Declaration of

Independence. Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.— ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Address. New

York City. Feb. 21, 1859. See HENRY J. RAYMOND'S Life and Public Services of Lincoln. Ch. III. Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations. WILLIAM PITT (Earl of Chatham)- Letter to the Earl of Shelburne. Sept. 29, 1770.— RIVERS

Now scantier limits the proud arch confine, And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile or Rhine; A small Euphrates thro' the piece is roll'd, And little eagles wave their wings in gold.— POPE — Moral Essays. Ep. to Mr. Addison. L. 27.

I chatter, chatter as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. P.— TENNYSON — The Brook.

From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled; Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay. And with the Tweed had travelled; And when we came to Clovenford, Ther said "my winsome marrow," "Whate'er betide, we'll turn aside, And see the braes of Yarrow."— WORDSWORTH — Yarrow Unvisited.