“Words
- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how
potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to
combine them.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Born on the 4th of July
in 1804, Hawthorne not only was one of the 19th Century's greatest writers but also one
of the most thoughtful. 
On this
celebration of our nation’s birth, we should reflect on the meaning of the
words combined and adopted into our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, and
strive to live up to all that they say and mean.
On this
celebration of our nation’s birth, we should reflect on the meaning of the
words combined and adopted into our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, and
strive to live up to all that they say and mean. 
“We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
And that,
indeed, is a great writer’s moment.
Happy birthday America! 
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