including its values and culture
seizing opportunity and reaching out
This sketchbook was designed to accompany the exhibition Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio on view at the Morgan Library & Museum April 12
and a maker of many other beautiful
held in equal esteem with works that entered the collection as acknowledged masterpieces
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America Barbara Heller including its values and cultureThe Declaration of Independence identified the pursuit of happiness as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential foundersBenjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamiltonto show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives, and to give us the best and most readable introduction