On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The mind of the nation had changed beforehand, and the new order of things has naturally followed the new order of thoughts.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “The mind of the nation had changed beforehand, and the new order of things has naturally followed the new order of…”
Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine asserts that a prior shift in national thinking naturally led to the new political and social order of the French Revolution.
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