Just a small part of the small preamble of the Declaration of Independence is what inspires; it’s downhill from there, writes Francis Wilkinson
Just a small part of the small preamble of the Declaration of Independence is what inspires; it’s downhill from thereThe Statue of Liberty, New York, the US. Picture: KATY CHANCE
The part we celebrate — the rhetorical crown rising to the sky — is the Declaration’s preamble. And not even the entire preamble. It’s really just the second paragraph, in which Thomas Jefferson and company assert which truths they hold to be self-evident. To be more precise, it’s not even a whole paragraph — just a bit at the top about human equality, divine endowments and the American trifecta of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
There was plenty of barbarism about. The Declaration’s main author, whose able mind was free to roam while his slaves took care of business, grew so spiteful of Britain that he soon abandoned his very English taste for Madeira and Port, proving a true patriot could survive on fine Bordeaux.
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