On this day, let’s set aside talk of saints and focus on what can only be understood as a true miracle — this imperfect yet still-thriving experiment in representative democracy we call America. Thomas Jefferson, at the tender age of 32, writing alone in Philadelphia (before he received some editing help from several founding brothers), penned a document of such high ideals and startling clarity and vision that it help launch a nation, inspire a revolution (first among many) and then echo through the ages. His words are as stirring today as they were in 1776.

Take a moment today and read the Declaration of Independence.

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