The Declaration is based on certain truths, "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". ... Moreover, he claims happiness for all but does not mention of the rights of the African Americans, in fact in his notes on Virginia, Jefferson makes inflammatory and derogatory remarks directed against African Americans who he clearly believes to be inferior to the white race. ... Jefferson appeals to the readers by mainly usi...

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Edwards also writes, "God has so many different unsearchable ways of taking wicked men out of the world and sending 'em to hell, that there is nothing to make it appear that God had need to be at the expense of a miracle, or go out of the ordinary course of his providence, to destroy any wicked man, at any moment". ... On a different note, I also was very interested in the text, "Red Jacket Defends Native American Religion". ... First it is seen when the author writes, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowe...

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