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Thomas Paine: In her management of the war, she has laboured to be wretched, and studied to be hated; and in all her former…

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In her management of the war, she has laboured to be wretched, and studied to be hated; and in all her former propositions for accommodation, she has discovered a total ignorance of mankind, and of those natural and unalterable sensations by which they are so generally governed.
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Thomas Paine

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Paine critiques Britain's management of the war, suggesting it has been counterproductive and ignorant of human nature.

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