On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
She made a stand, not for herself only, but for the world, and looked beyond the advantages herself could receive.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “She made a stand, not for herself only, but for the world, and looked beyond the advantages herself could receive.”
Editor's note · Context
From his work "Rights of Man," this passage asserts that America's revolutionary stand was for the benefit of the entire world, not solely for its own gain.
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