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Common Sense
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Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs Of the present Ability of America, with some miscellaneous Reflections…
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- AuthorThomas Paine
- SourceProject Gutenberg #147
- Length22,002 words · 1h 28m of reading
- Chapters9
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-21
Contents
9 chapters
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- 01SUBJECTS
- 02PHILADELPHIA
- 03MDCCLXXVI
- 04On Common Sense
- 05Thomas Jefferson
- 06Nicholas Cresswell
- 07John Adams
- 08Dr. Benjamin Rush
- 09Transcriber's Notes
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