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The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights of Man

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[Redactor's Note: Reprinted from the "The Writings of Thomas Paine Volume I" (1894 - 1896). The author's notes are preceded by a "*". A Table of Contents has been added for each part for the convenience of the reader which is not included in the printed edition. Notes are at the end of Part II. ]…

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  • AuthorThomas Paine
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #3742
  • Length93,477 words · 6h 14m of reading
  • Chapters24
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

24 chapters

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  1. 01Moncure Daniel Conway
  2. 02XIII The Rights of Man
  3. 03PART THE SECOND COMBINING PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE
  4. 04RIGHTS OF MAN
  5. 05President Of The United States Of America
  6. 06PAINE'S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
  7. 07PAINE'S PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION
  8. 08Rights Of Man And Of Citizens
  9. 09OBSERVATIONS ON THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
  10. 10MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER
  11. 11CONCLUSION
  12. 12M. DE LA FAYETTE
  13. 13PREFACE
  14. 14London, Feb. 9, 1792
  15. 15CHAPTER I. OF SOCIETY AND CIVILISATION
  16. 16CHAPTER II. OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT OLD GOVERNMENTS
  17. 17CHAPTER III. OF THE OLD AND NEW SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT
  18. 18CHAPTER IV. OF CONSTITUTIONS
  19. 19INTERSPERSED WITH MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS
  20. 20The number of children will be 630,000
  21. 21The expense of this will be annually L250,000.*[36
  22. 22The amount would be L50,000
  23. 23Second Enumeration
  24. 24APPENDIX

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