thomas paine wrote "these are the ties that try men's souls".
thomas paine wrote "these are the ties that try men's souls".
who wrote "these are the ties that try men's souls"?
thomas paine
morristown's burnham park has a statue of the "father of the american revolution", thomas paine, who wrote the pamphlet "common sense", which urged a complete break from british rule. the bronze statue, by sculptor georg j. lober, shows paine in 1776 (using a drum as a table during the withdrawal of the army across new jersey) composing "crisis 1". he wrote "these are the times that try men's souls ...". the statue was dedicated on july 4, 1950.









































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the most distinctive feature of "the age of reason", like all of paine's works, is its linguistic style. historian eric foner argues that paine's works "forged a new political language" designed to bring politics to the people, using a "clear, simple and straightforward" style. paine outlined "a new vision—a utopian image of an egalitarian republican society" and his language reflected these ideals. he originated such phrases as "the rights of man", "the age of reason", "the age of revolution", and "the times that try men's souls". foner also maintains that with "the age of reason" paine "gave deism a new, aggressive, explicitly anti-christian tone".
the age of reason