On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
The conception is too bulky to be born alive, and in the torture of thinking, we stand dumb.
Said by
Thomas Paine
Source
gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “The conception is too bulky to be born alive, and in the torture of thinking, we stand dumb.”
Editor's note · Context
Continuing a reflection from "The American Crisis," Paine describes the struggle to articulate complex thoughts that overwhelm the capacity for expression.
Share
More from Thomas Paine
Jan 1, 1791
The thing, in many points, contained better principles than those upon which the Government had hitherto been administered; but with respect to the Cour Pleniere, it was no other than a medium through which despotism was to pass, without…
Jan 1, 1791
The man who is in the receipt of a million a year is the last person to promote a spirit of reform, lest, in the event, it should reach to himself.
Jan 1, 1791
It was become evident, that no constitution, worthy of being called by that name, could be established on anything less than a national ground.