Boy Scout Contest

Boy Scout Contest

The Contest is open to all United States citizens or legal residents who are (1) current Boy Scouts or (2) former Boy Scouts who are (3) no older than 19 and no younger than 14 as of the end of the Contest Period (Jan 30, 2015). Abraham Lincoln described the Declaration of Independence as an “apple of gold” and the Constitution as the ’”frame of silver” which encases it. For Lincoln, the Declaration asserts the moral and philosophical standard which the Constitution aims to implement. In your analysis, to what extent does the Declaration assert a moral or philosophical vision for America? Explain the principles that constitute that vision. In your explanation, root each principle in a specific passage of the Declaration.

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