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Moore, Peter

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Summary: "The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as this, a small deletion matters. And indeed, that final,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 194.1 MOO

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