"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine

                                    "In my youth I also read tragedies,                                     epic poems, romances, and divinity.                                     Now I read Common Sense."                                                       Robert Bage A Brief History Of Thomas Paine         Thomas Paine was born Tom Pain in the town of Thetford, Norfolk on January 29, 1737. His father, Joseph, was a Quaker staymaker, while his mother was the daughter of an attorney. Tom was raised in Quaker fashion and schooled from age six to thirteen. In 1750, he began to apprentice in his …

…have riled the people up. Paine was only the catalyst that started it earlier. Conclusion         To conclude, it is apparent that Paine was truly a revolutionary man. His ideas, at the time, were very radical, maybe even for people in our time. I must say that I feel more of a "renaissance" man for having read Common Sense, and I must say that I am very happy not to be speaking with an English accent.