On the record
Because the impracticability of subjugating this country, being every day more and more manifest, it is their interest to extricate themselves from the war upon any terms.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine argues that the British are realizing they cannot conquer America and should seek peace.
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