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It is right, or absolute right, that an individual should develop the powers that are in him. He may be said to have a "natural right" to become what he is capable of becoming. This is his only natural right.

William Ernest Hocking
May, Becoming, Individual
"Present Status of the Philosophy of Law and of Rights". Book by William Ernest Hocking. Ch. VII, Natural Right, § 33, p. 74, 1926.
It is right, or absolute right, that an individual should develop the powers that are in him. He may be said to have a natural right to become what he is capable of becoming. This is his only natural right.