Why, Of Course the Founders Were Pro Government... NOT!
Jul 5, 2016 4:22:58 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jul 5, 2016 4:22:58 GMT -5
Total B.S., even extremely light reading on the founders INTENT would show this to be a manufactured story, but it's the typical tripe coming from academia; where the founders are still viewed as a mortal enemy to the Progressive/Liberal agenda.
Have we misunderstood the Declaration of Independence? Princeton professor claims rogue period in official transcript DOESN'T appear on original - and massively changes our understanding of government's role
* 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness' is often followed by a period
* That separates it from the next line about the institution of government
* And that implies government is less important than 'unalienable rights'
* Historian Danielle Allen says the period after 'Happiness' shouldn't be there
* If so, government could have been regarded as important as those rights
* Allen looked at more than 70 versions of the Declaration of Independence
* The original document may now be re-examined to see if she's right
By James Wilkinson, Published: 19:24 EST, 4 July 2016 | Updated: 23:25 EST, 4 July 2016
Has America spent the last few hundred years misunderstanding the Declaration of Independence? That's what Danielle Allen, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, believes.
According to Allen, the paragraph beginning 'We hold these truths to be self-evident' has been misinterpreted thanks to a rogue period that was not in the original document.
And that could completely transform our understanding of how the Founding Fathers viewed the role of government, The New York Times reported.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3674425/Have-misunderstood-Declaration-Independence-extra-period-historic-document-change-understanding-role-government.html
Have we misunderstood the Declaration of Independence? Princeton professor claims rogue period in official transcript DOESN'T appear on original - and massively changes our understanding of government's role
* 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness' is often followed by a period
* That separates it from the next line about the institution of government
* And that implies government is less important than 'unalienable rights'
* Historian Danielle Allen says the period after 'Happiness' shouldn't be there
* If so, government could have been regarded as important as those rights
* Allen looked at more than 70 versions of the Declaration of Independence
* The original document may now be re-examined to see if she's right
By James Wilkinson, Published: 19:24 EST, 4 July 2016 | Updated: 23:25 EST, 4 July 2016
Has America spent the last few hundred years misunderstanding the Declaration of Independence? That's what Danielle Allen, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, believes.
According to Allen, the paragraph beginning 'We hold these truths to be self-evident' has been misinterpreted thanks to a rogue period that was not in the original document.
And that could completely transform our understanding of how the Founding Fathers viewed the role of government, The New York Times reported.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3674425/Have-misunderstood-Declaration-Independence-extra-period-historic-document-change-understanding-role-government.html