Danh ngôn của Edmund Morgan
Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.
Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.
Thomas Paine, người được tôn vinh nhưng cũng bị khinh thường khi trải qua những sự kiện quan trọng của thời đại mình, từ lâu đã thu hút các nhà viết tiểu sử. Paine đã có mặt tại thời điểm thành lập cả Hoa Kỳ và Cộng hòa Pháp. Tài hùng biện của ông, trong cuốn sách nhỏ 'Common Sense', đã thúc đẩy thực dân Mỹ hướng tới độc lập.
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