On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
It was the cause of America that made me an author.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It was the cause of America that made me an author.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine reflects on his personal motivation for becoming a writer, linking it to the American cause.
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