(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 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
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.