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Thomas Paine: “It would seem, by the exterior appearance of such countries, that all was happiness; but there lies hidden from the eye…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It would seem, by the exterior appearance of such countries, that all was happiness; but there lies hidden from the eye of common observation, a mass of wretchedness, that has scarcely any other chance, than to expire in poverty or infamy.
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Thomas Paine
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From "Rights of Man," Paine exposes the concealed suffering and lack of opportunity beneath the surface of seemingly civilized nations.

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