Random fun fact I just learned, when Jefferson originally wrote the Declaration of Independence he said “We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable.” But then Benjamin Franklin come through with the edits & was like “nah fam let’s spice it up” and changed it to “self-evident”
Then my man just had to just sit there saying nothing while the whole continental congress edited his work:
“As to myself, I thought it a duty to be, on that occasion, a passive auditor of the opinions of others, more impartial judges than I could be, of its merits or demerits.”
“As to myself, I thought it a duty to be, on that occasion, a passive auditor of the opinions of others, more impartial judges than I could be, of its merits or demerits.”
The Declaration of Independence was basically like when one person does all the work for a group project and the rest of the group members hop in the google doc at the last minute to change some words so they can say that they contributed.
Jefferson reportedly feel into a depression the rest of the summer because his original draft had been changed so much.
If I was Jefferson I’d probably be salty too.
If I was Jefferson I’d probably be salty too.
