Read the paragraph from the Declaration of
Independence.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
which have connected them with another, and to
assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate
and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare
the causes which impel them to the separation.
Now, read the paragraph from the Declaration of
Sentiments.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one portion of the family of man to
assume among the people of the earth a position
different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but
one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God
To most effectively compare the two passages, the
reader should compare
O the similarities in the wording.
O the origins of the two authors.
the dates the texts were written.
O the differences in rhetorical appeals.
