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Declaration of Independence
Title: Declaration of Independence
Category: History
Details: Words: 9152 | Pages: 38.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Declaration of Independence
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
A HISTORY
Introduction
Nations come into being in many ways. Military rebellion, civil strife, acts of heroism, acts of treachery, a thousand greater and lesser clashes between defenders of the old order and supporters of the new--all these occurrences and more have marked the emergences of new nations, large and small. The birth of our own nation included them all. That birth was unique, not only in the immensity of …showed first 75 words of 9152 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 9152 total…story of the parchment, it is appropriate to recall the words of poet and Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish. He described the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as "these fragile objects which bear so great a weight of meaning to our people." The story of the Declaration of Independence as a document can only be a part of the larger history, a history still unfolding, a "weight of meaning" constantly, challenged, strengthened, and redefined.
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