The Declaration of Independence

"What at first seems a relatively simple job..." - Davidson and Lytle, The Art of Historical Detection, Pg. 1

I don't know about other people, bit I never assumed that the declaration was a easy write.  In fact, O've always marveled at how it could be done so quickly.  It's incredibly elegant, not too lengthy, and it says everything that needs to be said.  I mean, declaring independence is kind of a big deal, and they wanted to get it right.  It's amazing that they could do so in such a short period of time and without even having voted on the idea yet.  They wrote the entire thing as a proposal to Congress!  I mean, it was edited and such, but still!  That's kind of incredible.  Nice play, founding fathers.