Harmonizing Sentiments: The Declaration of Independence and the Jeffersonian Idea of Self-Government introduces the reader to the major issues concerning America s statement justifying independence. It covers the first controversy between loyalists and patriots, explores the document s intellectual sources, evaluates the degree to which the Declaration s ideals were fulfilled or rejected by the Constitution, and concludes by investigating its current political and legal implications. Readers will be intrigued by the author s argument for approaching the Declaration with an...