On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Does the virtue consist in the metaphor, or in the man?
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Does the virtue consist in the metaphor, or in the man?”
Editor's note · Context
Paine questions whether the perceived virtue of a monarch resides in the symbolic crown or in the individual who wears it.
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