On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It is painful to see old age working itself to death, in what are called civilised countries, for daily bread.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It is painful to see old age working itself to death, in what are called civilised countries, for daily bread.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine expresses his distress at the sight of elderly individuals forced to labor until death to survive in supposedly civilized nations.
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