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" Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite... "
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Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (LOA #76): Common Sense / The American ...

Thomas Paine - History - 1995 - 944 pages
...take under their care; but there is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident they belong to different systems: England to Europe,...
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Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor

John C. Bogle - Business & Economics - 1999 - 500 pages
...take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet. "* So too, in the mutual fund industry, the natural order has been turned on its head. The management...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...reverse the common order of nature, it is evident that they belong to different systems. England to Europe: America to itself. . . . But where, say some,...
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Paine: Political Writings

Thomas Paine - History - 2000 - 388 pages
...to take under their care; but there is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...reverse the common order of nature, it is evident that they belong to different systems. England to Europe: America to itself. I am not induced by motives...
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Rebels and Renegades: A Chronology of Social and Political Dissent in the ...

Neil A. Hamilton - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 386 pages
...take under their care; but there is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident they belong to different systems: England to Europe,...
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Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion

Thomas Paine - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 300 pages
...take under their care; but there is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident they belong to different systems: England to Europe,...
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Tracts of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

Merrill Jensen - History - 2003 - 576 pages
...take under their care: but there is something very absurd, in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...they belong to different systems. England to Europe: America to itself. I am not induced by motives of pride, party or resentment to espouse the doctrine...
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Common Sense

Thomas Paine - History - 2004 - 260 pages
...to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...they belong to different systems: England to Europe, America to itself. I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine...
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The Library of Original Sources: Volume VII: Era of Revolution

Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 460 pages
...take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...they belong to different systems, England to Europe — America to itself. I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment, to espouse the doctrine...
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Voices of a People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove - History - 2011 - 667 pages
...take under their care; but there is something veiy absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature...as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident they belong to different systems: England to Europe,...
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