Hendrith Smith

The Pursuit of Happiness Hendrith Smith

The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Poems Honoring Our American ValuesThis book is a dedication to our great nation, The United States of America. I do believe this nation is exceptional, and that we have a specific and certain purpose in the world (manifest destiny). Our founders, many of whom were Freemasons, had certain values that they incorporated into the founding of our nation. Those values include Liberty (We as Individuals design our own lives), E Pluribus Unum (Strength and unity in diversity), Godliness (In God We Trust), Democracy (We The People set the Laws), and Capitalism (The Market-Economy). Dennis Prager of Prager University refers to the first three as