“I have always regarded Paine as one of the greatest of all Americans. Never have we had a sounder intelligence in this republic ...it was a revelation to me to read that great thinker's views on political and theological subjects. Paine educated me. I remember, very vividly, the flash of enlightenment that shone from his writings. What a pity these works are not today the schoolbooks for all children! My interest was not satisfied by my first reading of his works. I went back to them time and again, just as I have done since my boyhood days.”
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