The Writings Of Thomas Paine Vol 3

The writings of Thomas Paine helped shape the American nation and left their imprint on democratic thought all over the world. This two-volume set represents an attempt to make these writings available to both the general reader and the student. Every effort has been made to include all of Paine's writings available at present, and to present them in a manner that would make clear their historical background. Emphasis has been placed throughout on presenting Paine's writings in their essential clarity, and for this purpose efforts have been made, without in any sense distorting Paine's meaning, to modernize the spelling, capitalization and punctuation wherever it was necessary to make the meaning clear to a present day reader. --Publisher description.

Excerpt from The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. 3: 1791-1804 IN a letter of Lafayette to Washington Paris, 12 Jan., he writes: Common Sense is writing for you a brochure where you will see a part of my adventures. It thus appears that the narrative embodied in the reply to Burke Rights of Man, Part dedicated to Washington, was begun with Lafayette's collaboration fourteen months before its publication (march 13, In another letter of Lafayette to Washington (march 17, 1790) he writes: To Mr. Paine, who leaves for London, I entrust the care of sending you my news. Permit me, my dear General, to Offer you a picture representing the Bastille as it was some days after I gave the order for its demolition. I also pay you the homage of sending you the principal Key of that fortress of despotism. It is a tribute I owe as a son to my adoptive father. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Thomas Paine is one of the most influential writers in history because he was the main propagandist for the American Revolution. His pamphlet Common Sense was read by the leaders of the Independence Movement, and also by their foes. His ideas became the foundation of American Democracy. In this series, we have collected his essays, pamphlets are letters. We publish the world's books. We have the largest collection of classics, and we believe that they are the highest quality, too. Don't take our word for it, peek inside and you'll see why we brag.

About the Author- Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. As the author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, he inspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights.He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination." -wikipedia For more eBooks visit www.kartindo.com