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Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Thomas Paine
Born: January 29, 1737
Died: June 8, 1809 (aged 72)
Bio: Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.
Known for:
- Common Sense (1776)
- Rights of Man (1791)
- The Age of Reason (1794)
- The American Crisis (1777)
- The Writings of Thomas Paine (1792)
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