By Moncure Daniel Conway
Contents
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
PREFACE.
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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CHAPTER XVIII. PAINE'S LETTERS TO JEFFERSON IN PARIS
CHAPTER XIX. THE KEY OF THE BASTILLE
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CHAPTER XX. "THE RIGHTS OF MAN"
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Part I. of "The Rights of Man" was printed by Johnson in time for the
CHAPTER XXI. FOUNDING THE EUROPEAN REPUBLIC
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CHAPTER XXII. THE RIGHT OF EVOLUTION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE DEPUTY FOR CALAIS IN THE CONVENTION
CHAPTER XXIV. OUTLAWED IN ENGLAND
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