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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Publishing of essay, 'American Crisis' by Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine published his essay, 'American Crisis' on this day, December 19, in 1776. The famous quote, "These are the times that try men's souls" finds a place in this essay.

Article on Thomas Paine from MSN Encarta:
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761558762

Detailed Bio of Thomas Paine from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

Full Text of 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine in Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext94/comsn10.txt

Major and Minor Works and Letters of Thomas Paine:
http://www.thomaspaine.org/contents.html

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