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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Thomas Paine (January 1776 writing)

 Statement of Purpose

COMMON SENSE

In the following pages

I offer nothing more than

simple facts,

plain arguments,

and common sense:

and have no other preliminaries

to settle with the reader,

than that one will divest oneself

of prejudice

and Prepossession

and suffer one's reason and 

feelings to determine for oneself:

that THEY will put on

or rather that THEY will not

put off the true character of

human beings / people,

and generously enlarge their

views beyond the present day!

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