On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
From such men and such masters, may the gracious hand of Heaven preserve America!
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “From such men and such masters, may the gracious hand of Heaven preserve America!”
Editor's note · Context
Paine offers a prayer in "The American Crisis" for America's preservation from its tyrannical British masters.
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