The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and complet…

Thomas Paine
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The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily accomplished. ✨ Thomas Paine (1839). The Crisis: A Work Written While with the Army of the Revolution, with a View of Stimulating that Patriotic Band to Persevere in Their Glorious Struggle for the Rights of Man, p.256
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