The AMERICAN CRISIS. No. 4. from Pennsylvanis Evening Post, September 13, 1777 THOSE who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. The event of yesterday was one of those kind of alarms which is just sufficient to rouse us to duty, without being of consequence enough […]
The AMERICAN CRISIS. Number III, By the Author of COMMON SENSE. From the Pamphlet from April, 1777: American Crisis I – III In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experience as
The AMERICAN CRISIS. No. II. By the Author of COMMON SENSE. From the Pennsylvania Packet, January 22, February 4, 11, 18, 1777 To LORD HOWE. “What’s in the name of lord, that I should fear To bring my grievance to the public ear?” CHURCHILL. UNIVERSAL empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are
The AMERICAN CRISIS. No. I from the Pennsylvania Packet, December 27, 1776 and January 4, 1777 THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man
THE BRADFORD EDITION, February 14, 1776 Man knows no Master save creating Heaven Or those whom choice and common good ordain. – Thomson. INTRODUCTION Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
