 | Timothy B. Powell - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 240 pages
...quotation: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS." Brown's rhetorical strategy figuratively places Thomas Jefferson's speech... | |
 | Richard P. Horwitz - History - 2001 - 420 pages
...declare that you "hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that, among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"; and yet you hold securely, in a bondage which, according to your own Thomas... | |
 | Rebecca Starr - History - 2000 - 304 pages
...to be very defective and equivocal," sought to change the Declaration to read that men "are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights: and that among these are life, liberty and property," because, as he explained, "how they expected this 'pursuit' [ie 'the pursuit of happiness']... | |
 | Mervyn A. Warren - Preaching - 2001 - 230 pages
...put it on paper: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights and that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' Beautiful America. But something happened to you. For some strange reason,... | |
 | Eugene F. Provenzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 350 pages
...ages: 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'" Then came Dr. James Derham, who could tell even the learned Dr. Rush something... | |
 | Manning Marable - History - 2003 - 766 pages
...Clotel "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. " — Declaration of American Independence. The Religious Teacher "What!... | |
 | 林功 - Literary Collections - 2003 - 354 pages
...states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." At first, the new American nation consisted of 13 states (this has now grown... | |
 | Kimberley Louise Phillips - History - 2003 - 196 pages
...epigraph: '"We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are LIFE, LIBERTY and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS'" (Clotel (1853) title page). The novel's plot emphasizes the slave-holding... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 416 pages
...ages: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 1 Here was a time, in which your tender feelings for yourselves had engaged... | |
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... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... 
