Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Twentieth Century Common Sense and the American Crisis of the 1960's
In the months and years of prolonged crisis that preceded the birth Of our Nation, Thomas Paine's series of essays called The American Crisis was published. Many Americans, and probably citizens Of Other nations as well, from that time to the present, have found inspiration in its opening words, These are the times that try men's souls. Many who Observed the in?uence of those essays, including Washington, Frank lin, and Jefferson, credited the author with a major share in the success Of the War of Independence.
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