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Once upon a time...
Ever given proper thought to these passages? Ever thought what they meant, implied, called forth? Namely, the commonality of reason among humankind, the respect this deserves, and the obligations this entails? Let facts be submitted, out of respect, causes and reasons declared so that they can be examined and tested. That's how it all started, and now we get to hear the shameful howls of ugly, parochial rubes.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
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The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Ever given proper thought to these passages? Ever thought what they meant, implied, called forth? Namely, the commonality of reason among humankind, the respect this deserves, and the obligations this entails? Let facts be submitted, out of respect, causes and reasons declared so that they can be examined and tested. That's how it all started, and now we get to hear the shameful howls of ugly, parochial rubes.