creation is not enough

CREATION IS NOT ENOUGH All created things must in life be sustained and maintained, whether they are created by man or by God. Thus, simply being endowed by the "Creator with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," as stated in the "Declaration of Independence," is, not enough, that phrase being, at best, preliminary and limited. However high-sounding its noble sentiments, following creation, the creature still must eat, drink; be clothed, sheltered, loved; & work! These thoughts were suggested to me while reading Margaret Hope Bacon 's BUT ONE RACE: THE LIFE OF ROBERT PURVIS (2007), in which Mr. Purvis celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment voting rights on blacks, ergo the realization of full black citizenship in Philadelphia on April 26, 1870, so enthusiastically on page 173.