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Comparison of Paine's Common Sense and The Declaration of Independence
In Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, there are some similarities and differences in the tone as compared to Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. Paine’s approach to his work contrasts that of Jefferson’s. Howev ....
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.... is more going on than they are aware of. Jefferson, on the other hand, begins his declaration by stating, “When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another” (715). Unlike Paine, this seems to presuppose that readers are aware of the plight of the nation, and Jefferson is announcing that the time has come to take a stand.
The main part of Common Sense contrasts in concept with the majority of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson takes a rather rough ....
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