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The joke is that the motion is hot. I guess it is appropriate. The Brooklyn Historical society, the Old Stone House and greenwood cemetery. I appreciate it. I thought i would start by asking, how many of you have heard of the age of reason . Good. A lot of people. When you think of the enlightenment, you probably think about the rise of rational thought versus religious superstition. Did you know that People Living in the age of reason were actually just as obsessed with emotion . Think about it. The market revolution was fought on the basis of the idea that certainis endowed with inalienable rights. Thats among them are life, liberty, and the pursuits of happiness. Happiness, what is an emotion doing and that rift of political talk . This is a question that many ago set me off on the research that i would like to share little bit with you tonight. I wanted to know why is there a motion in the declaration of independence . What work is it doing . I quickly discovered that although the