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By Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The point I wish plainly to bring before you on this occasion is the individuality of each human soul—our Protestant idea, the right of individual conscience and judgment—our republican idea, individual citizenship.
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- The Solitude of Self (excerpt), in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, January 18, 1892 · p. 189
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- Internet Archive (University of Toronto scan of History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, Rochester: Susan B. Anthony)
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From Elizabeth Cady Stanton's address "The Solitude of Self," given to a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 1892. This is the excerpt printed in volume 4 of the History of Woman Suffrage, which the editors introduce with "saying in part."