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Pursuit of Happiness
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Robin Gabriel <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:52:11 -0400
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Does anyone know what exactly "pursuit of hapiness" meant to the founding 
fathers and people of the revolutionary era?  I guess my larger question is how 
did the phrase come to be written into the Declaration of Independence?

Thanks,
Robin Gabriel
Monticello Education Department

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