Brief historical criticism of Walt Whitman, Important assignment. Well thought response please

30 points! answer plz! read this passage from the declaration of independence. prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. the english spoken in 1776 is considered late modern english, but some differences between jefferson's usage and our own are evident. what archaic expression does he use and how would you word the phrase in correct contemporary english?

Which best explains the role that the theme of freedom plays in this excerpt

Ispeak without a mouth and hear without ears. i have no body, but i come alive with wind. what am i?