On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
They are the flesh and blood of their parents in the one line, and nothing akin to them in the other.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “They are the flesh and blood of their parents in the one line, and nothing akin to them in the other.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine highlights the contradiction of aristocratic systems that deny familial connection and inheritance to children who are biologically related to their parents.
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