A Light to all Mankind
by Helen Thomas Robson
Title
A Light to all Mankind
Artist
Helen Thomas Robson
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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“A Light to all Mankind, The Declaration of Independence”
Jefferson communicated the document, first, to John Adams and Benjamin Franklin requesting their wisdom because, he said, “They were the two members of whose judgments and amendments I wished most to have the benefit... Their alterations were two or three only.”
With no further alterations by the committee, the sacred document was presented to John Hancock and the rest of the continental congress where it met with a storm of debate. Tossed to and fro, this fragile document finally rested on the reverent waters of calm where among the many changes made, none were found to alter the “ancient principles,” they would now set perched upon a hill as a light to all mankind.
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