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Power And The Declaration Of Independence
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There are many abstractions in the Declaration of Independence. These
abstractions such as: rights, freedom, liberty and happiness have become the
foundations of American society and have helped to shape the "American
Identity." Power, another abstraction that re .... Middle of Essay
.... meanings. In 1470 the word power meant to have strength and the ability
to do something, "With all thair strang *poweir" (OED 2536) Nearly three hundred
years later in 1785 the word power carried the same meaning of control, strength,
and force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it;
otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition explains
how the power government or social institutions rests in their ability to
command people, rocks, colonies to do something they otherwise would not do. To
make the people pay taxes. To make the rocks form into a fence. To make the
colonists honor the King. ....
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