On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
New schemes, like new medicines, have administered fresh hopes, and prolonged the disease instead of curing it.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “New schemes, like new medicines, have administered fresh hopes, and prolonged the disease instead of curing it.”
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Paine critiques the British government's repeated attempts at new strategies, likening them to ineffective medicines that only prolong a chronic illness.
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