(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 itFranklin was pretty epic as well. Either form is good, I'm just glad Jefferson wrote what he did) to "We hold these truths to be self-evident." Thomas is still the man, though.
http://web.duke.edu/eng169s2/group1/lex3/self-ev.htm
