Stump the German

[Eva Elisabeth]

You are ever so smart, Herr Beckert! That I will grade 1+ (A+).

Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) wrote a translation into "common speech" in the days during and after World War I. Woodrow Wilson's wartime central planning, which led to arrests of businessmen and other dissenters, caused him to wonder what happened to the ideals of the American Revolution and if "perhaps" the language of the original Declaration was too anachronistic for modern ears. So he offered his own translation into "common American dialect".

If you check the link please remember it was a scholar who wrote this (as there are some words I would not teach students).
http://www.bartleby.com/185/a1.html

Mencken also said: "Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.”

Joe, Roger lately gave a Polar Vortex as prize. Since I know how dearly you love the P.V., I'll try to dig up one, too, and ship it to you ASAP.