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was going to say. It's very significant that the
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Constitution of the United States contains no such pro-
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visions as all men are created free and equal. It takes
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in, instead, the protection of life, liberty and property
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for every individual. These are legally protectable
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rights. There is a very interesting discussion of that
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whole problem of the shift" from the rhetoric in the
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Declaration of Independence, where you were trying to
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rally the country to your side to fight a war, and the
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language in the Constitution, when you are trying to
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write a legal document,- in Carl Seeker's book, the
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Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century, and I commend
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it to you.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much.
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MR. SYKES: I just wanted to be understood
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that nothing that I have said should be interpreted or
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is intended as indicating any position on behalf of my-
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self or of the Council as to the question that you have
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been asking me in different forms since I finished my
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prepared statement.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much. Would you
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