Later it was changed to "...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
To the colonists' way of thinking, materialism was driving the expansion of the New World. Possessions, to them, equaled happiness.
So...what do you think of that?
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Life, Liberty...and the Pursuit of...
In the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote the words: "...life, liberty and the pursuit of possessions."
Later it was changed to "...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
To the colonists' way of thinking, materialism was driving the expansion of the New World. Possessions, to them, equaled happiness.
So...what do you think of that?
Later it was changed to "...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
To the colonists' way of thinking, materialism was driving the expansion of the New World. Possessions, to them, equaled happiness.
So...what do you think of that?
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Isn't that how the old saying goes?
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