On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It is already on the wane, eclipsed by the enlarging orb of reason, and the luminous revolutions of America and France.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It is already on the wane, eclipsed by the enlarging orb of reason, and the luminous revolutions of America and France.”
Editor's note · Context
Continuing his critique of the 1688 English Revolution in "Rights of Man," Paine declares its diminishing significance in the face of modern reason and the American and French Revolutions.
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