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1、TheAmericanCrisisbyThomasPaine:THESEarethetimesthattrymen'ssouls.Thesummersoldierandthesunshinepatriotwill,inthiscrisis,shrinkfromtheserviceoftheircountry;buthethatstandsitnow,deservestheloveandthanksofmanandwoman.Tyranny,likehell,isnoteasilyconquered;yetwehavethisconsolationwithus,thatt
2、hehardertheconflict,themoregloriousthetriumph.Whatweobtaintoocheap,weesteemtoolightly:itisdearnessonlythatgiveseverythingitsvalue.Heavenknowshowtoputaproperpriceuponitsgoods;anditwouldbestrangeindeedifsocelestialanarticleasFREEDOMshouldnotbehighlyrated.Britain,withanarmytoenforcehertyran
3、ny,hasdeclaredthatshehasaright(notonlytoTAX)but"toBINDusinALLCASESWHATSOEVER,"andifbeingboundinthatmanner,isnotslavery,thenistherenotsuchathingasslaveryuponearth.Eventheexpressionisimpious;forsounlimitedapowercanbelongonlytoGod.Whethertheindependenceofthecontinentwasdeclaredtoosoon,ordel
4、ayedtoolong,Iwillnotnowenterintoasanargument;myownsimpleopinionis,thathaditbeeneightmonthsearlier,itwouldhavebeenmuchbetter.Wedidnotmakeaproperuseoflastwinter,neithercouldwe,whilewewereinadependentstate.However,thefault,ifitwereone,wasallourown*(1);wehavenonetoblamebutourselves.Butnogrea
5、tdealislostyet.AllthatHowehasbeendoingforthismonthpast,isratheraravagethanaconquest,whichthespiritoftheJerseys,ayearago,wouldhavequicklyrepulsed,andwhichtimeandalittleresolutionwillsoonrecover.Ihaveaslittlesuperstitioninmeasanymanliving,butmysecretopinionhaseverbeen,andstillis,thatGodAlm
6、ightywillnotgiveupapeopletomilitarydestruction,orleavethemunsupportedlytoperish,whohavesoearnestlyandsorepeatedlysoughttoavoidthecalamitiesofwar,byeverydecentmethodwhichwisdomcouldinvent.NeitherhaveIsomuchoftheinfidelinme,astosupposethatHehasrelinquishedthegovernmentoftheworld,andgivenus
7、uptothecareofdevils;andasIdonot,IcannotseeonwhatgroundsthekingofBritaincanlookuptoheavenforhelpagainstus:acommonmurderer,ahighwayman,orahouse-breaker,hasasgoodapretenceashe.'Tissurprisingtoseehowrapidlyapanicwillsometimesrunthroughacountry.Allnationsandageshavebeensubject
