The following passages are from the classic essay, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, first published in Philadelphia on January 10, 1776 [with...
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THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809), English writer and social activist, is best known for his popular essay, Common Sense, the pivotal historic call for...
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Early Life Born 29 January 1737 in Thetford, England, Thomas Paine was the son of a Quaker stay maker unhappily wed to an Anglican attorney's...
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American Times Out of work and out of love, Paine looked westward to America. To succeed in the new world, he needed a sponsor. Paine had met...
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English Fare Paine returned to England in 1887 to seek investors for constructing a prototype iron bridge, his own invention. His bridge eventually...
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French Treats In revolutionary France, Thomas Paine earlier had joined with Washington, Hamilton, Madison, and select other Americans to be declared...
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Unwelcome Homecoming The first copy of The Age of Reason to arrive in America for U.S. publication was lent to Thomas Jefferson for a first reading....
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An American Death After his return to America in 1801, Paine spent his waning few years in bleakness and declining health. One biographer thought...
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