Well, and good; for the most part, it did.
Most of what I posted was the work of John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson; I merely adapted their excellent writing to meet the needs of our present day.
BE sure to read the original post to this thread in its entirety. What a piece of elegance and majestic language it is! And -- Oh, how the heart breaks at a survey of what once was set against what now is! Even the most casual comparison of the wordcraft of our greatest present-day writers with past giants, such as Jefferson, reveals the paucity of our present, anguished English language, and -- by direct linkage -- lays bare the damnable vacuity of the average modern mind.
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Now the more important question: Where and how do we go from NOW???
I so agree with your assessment of the state of our language.
English is overwhelmingly rich in exacting words - so much so, that it is possible to describe and communicate the smallest, most refined details of thought, yet our people, for the most part, fail to master the use of this palette of nearly unlimited verbiage, and instead, have fallen to communicating with a very limited, and rudimentary vocabulary.
The American people's successful quest for emancipation from the crown of Great Britain was accomplished through the intelligent (and eloquent) application of language, as much as it was by the use of force and arms.
The ideas and concepts that shaped our nation, which animated our people's contest against Great Britain for our freedom, and which set forth our ideals of freedom and liberty, have stood as the bedrock upon which the greatest execution of greatness ever witnessed, was accomplished. And they were laid there by men who had the ability to precisely communicate those ideals to theirs, and future generations of Americans.