Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (LOA #76): Common Sense / The American Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / pamphlets, articles, and lettersLibrary of America, 1995 M03 1 - 906 páginas Thomas Paine was the impassioned democratic voice of the Age of Revolution, and this volume brings together his best-known works: Common Sense, The American Crisis, Rights of Man, The Age of Reason, along with a selection of letters, articles and pamphlets that emphasizes Paine's American years. “I know not whether any man in the world,” wrote John Adams in 1805, “has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than Tom Paine.” The impassioned democratic voice of the Age of Revolution, Paine wrote for his mass audience with vigor, clarity, and “common sense.” This Library of America volume is the first major new edition of his work in 50 years, and the most comprehensive single-volume collection of his writings available. Paine came to America in 1774 at age 37 after a life of obscurity and failure in England. Within fourteen months he published Common Sense, the most influential pamphlet for the American Revolution, and began a career that would see him prosecuted in England, imprisoned and nearly executed in France, and hailed and reviled in the American nation he helped create. In Common Sense, Paine set forth an inspiring vision of an independent America as an asylum for freedom and an example of popular self-government in a world oppressed by despotism and hereditary privilege. The American Crisis, begun during “the times that try men’s souls” in 1776, is a masterpiece of popular pamphleteering in which Paine vividly reports current developments, taunts and ridicules British adversaries, and enjoins his readers to remember the immense stakes of their struggle. Among the many other items included in the volume are the combative “Forester” letters, written in a reply to a Tory critic of Common Sense, and several pieces concerning the French Revolution, including an incisive argument against executing Louis XVI. Rights of Man (1791–1792), written in response to Edmund Burke’s attacks on the French Revolution, is a bold vision of an egalitarian society founded on natural rights and unbound by tradition. Paine’s detailed proposal for government assistance to the poor inspired generations of subsequent radicals and reformers. The Age of Reason (1794–1795), Paine’s most controversial work, is an unrestrained assault on the authority of the Bible and a fervent defense of the benevolent God of deism. Included in this volume are a detailed chronology of Paine’s life, informative notes, an essay on the complex printing history of Paine’s work, and an index. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. |
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... manner of the king that shall reign over them , i . e . not of any particular king , but the general manner of the kings of the earth , whom Israel was so eagerly copying after . And notwithstanding the great distance of time and ...
... manner of the king that shall reign over them , i . e . not of any particular king , but the general manner of the kings of the earth , whom Israel was so eagerly copying after . And notwithstanding the great distance of time and ...
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... manner , this business must first arise , and as it seems most agreeable and consistent that it should come from some intermediate body between the governed and the governors , that is , between the Congress and the people , let a ...
... manner , this business must first arise , and as it seems most agreeable and consistent that it should come from some intermediate body between the governed and the governors , that is , between the Congress and the people , let a ...
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... manner of his exit . The moment he explains his terms of reconciliation the typographical Cato dies . If they be calculated to please the Cabinet they will not go down with the Colonies ; and if they be suited to the Colonies they will ...
... manner of his exit . The moment he explains his terms of reconciliation the typographical Cato dies . If they be calculated to please the Cabinet they will not go down with the Colonies ; and if they be suited to the Colonies they will ...
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... manner , at a time “ when says he , some gleams of reconciliation began first to break in upon us . ” Come forth Cato , and prove the assertion ! where do these gleams of reconciliation spring from ? Are they to be found in the King's ...
... manner , at a time “ when says he , some gleams of reconciliation began first to break in upon us . ” Come forth Cato , and prove the assertion ! where do these gleams of reconciliation spring from ? Are they to be found in the King's ...
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... manner as one carried on between England and France ; and in this state of political separation , the neutral powers might kindly tender their mediation , ( as hath always been the practice ) and bring about the preliminaries of a peace ...
... manner as one carried on between England and France ; and in this state of political separation , the neutral powers might kindly tender their mediation , ( as hath always been the practice ) and bring about the preliminaries of a peace ...
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The Crisis Number VII November 11 1778 | 191 |
Portion of a Letter to Henry Laurens 1778? | 211 |
Response to an Accusation of Bribery May 1 1782 | 318 |
The Crisis Number XI May 11 1782 | 325 |
To Sir Guy Carleton May 31 1782 | 334 |
The Last Crisis Number XIII April 19 1783 | 348 |
Commerce with Britain and the Necessity of Union | 355 |
Attack on Paper Money Laws November 3 1786 364 Attack on Paper Money Laws November 3 1786 | 368 |
To George Washington May 1 1790 | 374 |
To the Abbé Sieyès July 8 1791 | 380 |
Response to the Riot Outside James Wilsons House | 218 |
The Crisis Number IX June 9 1780 | 230 |
Public Good December 30 1780 | 253 |
Common Sense on the King of Englands Speech | 287 |
Common Sense on Financing the War March 5 1782 | 296 |
The Necessity of Taxation April 4 1782 | 309 |
Shall Louis XVI Have Respite? January 19 1793 | 389 |
Agrarian Justice Spring 1797 | 396 |
To Samuel Adams January 1 1803 | 414 |
The Construction of Iron Bridges June 13 1803 | 422 |
Of the Term Liberty of the Press October 20 1806 | 429 |
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