On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Hitherto you have experienced the expenses, but nothing of the miseries of war.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Hitherto you have experienced the expenses, but nothing of the miseries of war.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine addresses the people of England, highlighting their detachment from the direct suffering and destruction caused by the American Revolutionary War.
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