THE LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE

WITH A HISTORY OF HIS LITERARY, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CAREER IN AMERICA FRANCE, AND ENGLAND

By Moncure Daniel Conway

To Which Is Added A Sketch Of Paine By William Cobbett

VOLUME I. (of II)

1893

Contents

PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.

PREFACE.

THE LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE.

CHAPTER I. EARLY INFLUENCES

CHAPTER II. EARLY STRUGGLES

CHAPTER III. DOMESTIC TROUBLE

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CHAPTER IV. THE NEW WORLD

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CHAPTER V. LIBERTY AND EQUALITY

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CHAPTER VI. "COMMON SENSE"

CHAPTER VII. UNDER THE BANNER OF INDEPENDENCE

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CHAPTER VIII. SOLDIER AND SECRETARY

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CHAPTER IX. FRENCH AID, AND THE PAINE-DEANE CONTROVERSY.

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CHAPTER X. A STORY BY GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

CHAPTER XI. CAUSE, COUNTRY, SELF

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CHAPTER XII. A JOURNEY TO FRANCE

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CHAPTER XIII. THE MUZZLED OX TREADING OUT THE GRAIN.

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CHAPTER XIV. GREAT WASHINGTON AND POOR PAINE

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CHAPTER XV. PONTIFICAL AND POLITICAL INVENTIONS

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CHAPTER XVI. RETURNING TO THE OLD HOME

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CHAPTER XVII. A BRITISH LION WITH AN AMERICAN HEART

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