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  1. Jon Meacham _ The Soul of America: The

    Writing in 1903, the scholar, historian, and activist W.E.B. Du Bois observed that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line," and, while Du Bois was surely right, it is correct, too, to say that color in some ways remains the problem of American history as a whole.
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  2. Jon Meacham _ The Soul of America: The

    Garry Wills's classic 1978 book on the Declaration, Inventing America, put it well: "When Jefferson spoke of pursuing happiness," Wills wrote, "he had nothing vague or private in mind. He meant public happiness which is measurable; which is, indeed, the test and justification of any government.
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  3. Jon Meacham _ The Soul of America: The

    Americans are driven by many forces, and chief among those forces-and thus a formative element in the country's soul-is the "pursuit of happiness" of which Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. When he composed those words in his rented second-floor quarters at Seventh and Market in Philadelphia in late June, 1776, Jefferson was not thinking about happiness in only the sense of good cheer. He and his colleagues were contemplating something more comprehensive-more revolutionary. Garry Wills's classic 1978 book on the Declaration, Inventing America, put it well: "When Jefferson spoke of pursuing happiness," Wills wrote, "he had nothing vague or private in mind. He meant public happiness which is measurable; which is, indeed, the test and justification of any government.
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  4. Jon Meacham _ Thomas Jefferson: The Art of

    Horace Walpole, the writer and politician, meanwhile, once saw Mademoiselle la Chevalière d'Éon, known in her day as a transvestite-diplomat-spy, teaching fencing to the Cosways' guests in the midst of a party.16,17
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  5. Jon Meacham _ The Soul of America: The

    Intellectually I know America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country," the novelist Sinclair Lewis"
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