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in the rhetorical mantle of meek-and-lowly is far easier than actually doing it.” — Douglas Wilson
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Is There Any Joy?
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Too Hot to Handle: Get Happy
Monday, January 11, 2016
A Thought Experiment
The famous wording originated with Thomas Jefferson and survived three full rounds of edits: one from Julian Boyd, a second from the Committee of Five and a third from Congress. The final version reads:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Let’s talk about the pursuit of happiness.
It ain’t scripture, folks, but enough people can relate to the concept that a nation built around it (and the other “truths”) has survived 240 years. And people continue to find the notion appealing today.