 Classics of Liberty-Paine:COMMON SENSETom Paine's two earthshattering works are combined into one leatherbound volume. Each is a facsimile of original English editions. Talk about bestsellers! At a time when the population of the United States was a mere 13 million, Tom Paine's electrifying COMMON SENSE, published in the watershed year of 1776 sold haf a million copies! The work was shared with neighbors until just about every American had read it. In COMMON SENSE, Paine made a powerful attack on the monarchy as an institution asserting that "a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy." Also, the then radical view that "a government of our own is a natural right." Paine's partisan words hit home with electrifying force. The idea of independence was in the air. And his, mor than any other in America, became the voice for revolution. Fifteen years later in RIGHTS OF MAN, Paine created another sensation with his answer to Edmund Burke's attack in REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. What began as a defense of the revolution evolved into a penetrating analysis of the basic reasons for discontent in European society and a remedy for the evils of arbitrary governments. Paine, advocating republicanism over monarchy, outlined a plan for popular education, and public works for the unemployed - all to be financed by levying an income tax.We are proud to offer these landmark works, bound together in a single volume as the Introductory Selection to the Classics of Liberty. The book is quarter-leather binding in fine European tradition of era.
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