Man of reason : the life of Thomas Paine by Aldridge, Alfred Owen, 1915-2005

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A civil servant -- The summer time of wit -- An uncivil rebel -- The modern Tacitus -- The Deane Affair -- State clerk and diplomatic agent -- A bonus, a bank, and a bridge -- A political bridge -- The rights of man -- A republican manifesto for France -- The revolution of the world -- Continuation of the rights of man -- Where liberty is not -- The rights of man on trial -- A king on trial -- A firebrand on trial -- In Luxembourg Prison -- Return to the convention -- The age of reason -- Friendship with Monroe -- Amateur diplomat once more -- Relations with the directory -- Baltimore and Washington -- New Rochelle and New York -- Jarvis and Carpenter -- The defense of New York -- Feud with Cheetham -- Last days -- Recapitulation.…”


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Thomas Paine : apostle of freedom by Fruchtman, Jack

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Beginnings -- Thetford and beyond -- "Poverty begets meanness" -- Liberty and the republic -- "Common sense will tell us" -- Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots -- Financial plagues and Silas Deane -- A hired pen -- Invention and finance -- France -- Burke's response: "The swinish multitude" -- The "inherent, indefeasible" Rights of man -- Social responsibility and illuminist spirituality -- "The most determined champion of republican principles" -- The Revolution declines -- The two-edged sword of liberty -- The age of reason -- "Some very ignorant and stupid pretenders" -- Justice, agrarian style -- Illuminism and Nicolas de Bonneville -- Home in America -- Bitter battles with Federalists -- Final days -- Assessment.…”


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