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Time and death, hard enemies to contend with, fight constantly against her interest; and the bills of mortality, in every part of America, are the thermometers of her decline.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine uses the metaphor of mortality to illustrate Britain's decline in influence over America.
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