Men soon become attached to the soil they live upon, and incorporated with the prosperity of the place; and it signifies but little what opinions they come over with, for time, interest, and new connections, will render them obsolete, and the next generations know nothing of them.
Paine observes that people's attachment to their land will transcend their original opinions and loyalties over time.
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