The American Constitutions were to Liberty what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man

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US Constitution

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

Rights of Man

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man. London: J. S. Jordan, 1791.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.

William Wordsworth

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The Table Turned
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Language
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Time
1798 1790s 18th century
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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 15.

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But, as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from the womb and the long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off a given time by the brain and purpose of man.

William E. Gladstone

Kin Beyond Sea

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William E. Gladstone
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Kin Beyond Sea North American Review
Language
English
Time
1878 1870s 19th century
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Gladstone, William E. "Kin Beyond Sea." North American Review, Sept. 1878 - Oct. 1878.