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| + | "[[We hold these truths to be self-evident]], that [[all men are created equal]], that they are endowed by their Creator with certain [[Natural and legal rights |unalienable]] Rights, that among these are [[Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness|Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness]]." --second paragraph of the ''[[United States Declaration of Independence]]'' (1776) by Thomas Jefferson | ||
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| "I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars." He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ..."--letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]] on [[1776]], [[April 18]], tr. ''[[Letters from prison by Marquis de Sade]]'', Richard Seaver | "I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars." He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ..."--letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]] on [[1776]], [[April 18]], tr. ''[[Letters from prison by Marquis de Sade]]'', Richard Seaver | ||
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." --second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) by Thomas Jefferson "I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars." He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ..."--letter from the Marquis de Sade to his wife Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil on 1776, April 18, tr. Letters from prison by Marquis de Sade, Richard Seaver |
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- June 11 – American Revolution – The Continental Congress appoints a Committee of Five to draft a Declaration of Independence.
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- January 24 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German Romantic author (d. 1822)
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