On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
It is generated in the dust and sweepings of other vices, and is of such a hateful figure that all the rest conspire to disown it.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine further elaborates on the nature of meanness, describing its origins and universal rejection among other vices.
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