The Declaration of Independence can be found here. I very much like Rich Lowry's testimony to the realism and wisdom of our founders.
Peggy Noonan recalls a conversation she had with David McCullough, the great historian, when both were visiting Mount Vernon.
At the bottom of a stairway leading to the second floor, we chatted
for a moment, and I asked him how he accounted in his imagination for
the amazing fact of the genius cluster that founded our nation. How did
so many gifted men, true geniuses, walk into history at the same time,
in the same place, and come together to pursue so brilliantly a common
endeavor? "I think it was providential," he said, simply.Well, so do I. If you do too, it's part of what you're celebrating today.
Me: I agree entrely.