Say, that he so discharged the duty assigned him, that all Americans may well rejoice that the work of drawing the title-deed of their liberties devolved To say that he did excellently well, admirably well, would be inadequate and halting praise. Work well, would be doing him an injustice. World in such manner of it might so be, as to engage its sympathy, to command its respect, to attract its admiration and in an assembly of most ableĪnd distinguished men, THOMAS JEFFERSON had the high honor of being the selected advocate of this cause. The cause of American independence, moreover, was now to be presented to the Measure, in any event of fortune, to mthe country and to posterity. It was proposed to declare independence and the proper business of the paper to be drawn was to set for th those causes, and justify the authors of the It was not to invent reasons for independence, but to state those which governed the Congress. But it was not the object of the Declaration to Grounds of proceeding and presses topics of argument, which had often been stated and pressed before. It has sometimes been said, as if it were a derogation from the merits of this paper, that it contains nothing new that it only states
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