I can't remember if I've heard the full Declaration--maybe once or twice as a kid. However, as an adult, I can appreciate just how well this was written. I forgot about politics--someone knew how to write. I also listened to Old Time Radio on Librivox, so it had that WWII-esque radio vibe adding a sense of history and drama. ( )

Okay, this is random and I'm gonna delete it and write a proper review later, but I need to tell you guys something funny.

So basically we're studying this in school for AP Lang rhetorics or something of that sort, and usually the course is very sophisticated except guess what one of the questions on one of our quizzes says? The question is "Which of these uses ethos?" and literally one of the answers is "We are starving because the food, if you can call this slop "food," at our school is not fit for the lowest grub on this fine Earth!" ( )

An excellent reproduction I ordered online from the Nation Archives store. ( )

apparently the most fearful standing army was the Indian Savages, jeez. ( )