Excerpt from The Political Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author’s Life
Expensive preparations have been gone into fears, alarms, dangers and apprehensions, have been mystically held forth, as if the existence of the nation was at stake, and at last the mountain has brought forth a Dutch mouse.
Whoever will candidly review the present national characters of England and France, cannot but be struck with surprise at the change that is taking place. The people of France are beginning to think for themselves, and the people of England are resigning up the privilege of thinking.
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