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I am familiar with the substitution for Locke's original language, i.e., "Property."
However, I believe "Pursuit of happiness" is MUCH MORE THAN A EUPHEMISM for "PROPERTY."
Instead, there is an argument that "Pursuit of happiness" is an inherently American accelerator of the freedom of the human spirit.
No, you have misread what I posted.
I indicated the much broader “Jeffersonian concept” of property, not his change to the Locke-ian language.
Jefferson was not one to speak in aphorisms.
Property
Land
From which one draws life
A living, a sense of self, a legacy.
Land worth defending