The Declaration of Independence promises the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. At a time when the language and intent of the Constitution are under intense scrutiny ...

Be nails. Be teeth. Be lightning. C.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. “Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof” is taken from her most recent book, “Rising, Falling ...

“the pursuit of Happiness” had real meaning ... Ever since the reproduction of parts of his poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes” in Poor Richard’s Almanack for 1750, his work had found ...

Pursuit of Happiness' by Jeffrey Rosen ... Hamilton and the poet and independence activist Mercy Otis Warren all notated their reading with poetry. “[President] John Quincy Adams would wake up in the ...

One of the most famous quotes in American history comes from the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that “Life, ...

Jeffrey Rosen spent the Covid lockdowns of 2020 reading various treatises by Xenophon, Seneca, Cicero, John Locke and David Hume. He was led to these and other works by a list compiled by Thomas ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

White for a discussion of Mr. Rosen’s new book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. He defined the founders’ view ...

When Thomas Jefferson included “the pursuit of Happiness” as an unalienable right in the Declaration of Independence, he wasn't talking about fleeting joy. Here's the true meaning behind the ...