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Tell at least two differences between the original draft by Jefferson and the draft that was approved by Congress.

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The actual writing was given to Jefferson. Adams and Franklin inserted “self-evident truths” in place of Jefferson's “sacred & undeniable truths.” The entire Congress cut 1/4 of Jefferson's text—perhaps because certain passages seemed either incendiary to them or less than convincing

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