On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It is an age of Revolutions, in which everything may be looked for.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It is an age of Revolutions, in which everything may be looked for.”
Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine characterizes his contemporary period as one of profound and unpredictable revolutionary change.
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