For to say, as Lord Shelburne has numberless times said, that the war against America is ruinous, and yet to continue the prosecution of that ruinous war for the purpose of avoiding ruin, is a language which cannot be understood.
Paine criticizes Lord Shelburne's contradictory stance on the American war, exposing its illogical nature.
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