On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
When men are sore with the sense of oppressions, and menaced with the prospects of new ones, is the calmness of philosophy or the palsy of insensibility to be looked for?
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Thomas Paine
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Paine asks whether philosophical calmness or insensibility can be expected from people suffering from oppression and facing new threats.
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