The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.
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Original Citation
Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part 2. London: H.D. Symonds, 1795.
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Current Citation
Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Part the Second. Being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology (1795)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.
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