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Word clouds show American ideals have been evolving through our history

Word clouds show American ideals through history
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The Declaration of Independence, while not a governing document, established the great thesis of the American experiment: that it's possible and even preferable to found a nation based on laws made with the consent of the governed.

In this story, we use a simple "word cloud" tool to look at the words used to found America, and the words used in the continuing effort to improve it.

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