Hee. For the benefit of those who might not know what it means; Catzy asks for definitions sometimes so I was trying to be helpful. :D
This link will get you to ushistory.org's page on Paine. Beware that part III of Common Sense there is missing a huge chunk (O_O) so I emailed them. It's got full text links to his other major works; he freaking wrote A LOT. Page after endless page. Common Sense is manageable though; he's pretty hilarious when he starts disproving the necessity of monarchies and hereditary succession. The full text (all bits included) is at Bartleby.com here. You probably know the first line to the first of the American Crisis letters he published, "These are the times that try men's souls." I love the power little letters like this and pamphlets like Common Sense had back then. He pretty much single-handedly stirred up colonists in favor of independence in a matter of months, so that, by the time, the Declaration was written in July (Common Sense in January), the people were ready for it. Brilliant political and rhetorical move.
This link will get you to ushistory.org's page on Paine. Beware that part III of Common Sense there is missing a huge chunk (O_O) so I emailed them. It's got full text links to his other major works; he freaking wrote A LOT. Page after endless page. Common Sense is manageable though; he's pretty hilarious when he starts disproving the necessity of monarchies and hereditary succession. The full text (all bits included) is at Bartleby.com here. You probably know the first line to the first of the American Crisis letters he published, "These are the times that try men's souls." I love the power little letters like this and pamphlets like Common Sense had back then. He pretty much single-handedly stirred up colonists in favor of independence in a matter of months, so that, by the time, the Declaration was written in July (Common Sense in January), the people were ready for it. Brilliant political and rhetorical move.
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