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Letter: The Declaration of Independence

| July 2, 2021 1:00 AM

Angry, divisive, political rhetoric has created a huge chasm between us. These days it is a heartbreaking fact of life. I often say to myself, “This too shall pass.” However, until it does, I find comfort in these words of the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

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