On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Burke should recollect that he is writing history, and not plays, and that his readers will expect truth, and not the spouting rant of high-toned exclamation.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine admonishes Edmund Burke in "Rights of Man," asserting that historical writing demands truth and factual accuracy, not theatrical or emotional rhetoric.
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