(April 12, 2010 at 10:55 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(April 12, 2010 at 10:46 pm)Shell B Wrote: Actually, Thomas Jefferson wrote. . . "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" Ben Franklin suggested that he change it (by crossing it off and replacing it ) to "We hold these truths to be self-evident." Thomas is still the man, though.Franklin was pretty epic as well. Either form is good, I'm just glad Jefferson wrote what he did
http://web.duke.edu/eng169s2/group1/lex3/self-ev.htm
I'm glad he wrote it too. However, I have to admit that I much prefer the Ben Franklin version. The word sacred had to go.