It's the birthday of writer and politician Thomas Paine, born in Thetford, England (1737). He became wildly successful in the colonies with his long essay Common Sense, in which he said, "The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind." The pamphlet sold more than 100,000 copies by the end of 1775, and the American Revolution began the next year.
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TWA for Sunday, January 29, 2012
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It's the birthday of writer and politician Thomas Paine, born in Thetford, England (1737). He became wildly successful in the colonies with his long essay Common Sense, in which he said, "The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind." The pamphlet sold more than 100,000 copies by the end of 1775, and the American Revolution began the next year.