...America's most ancient role in the world: for had not "the design of heaven" so arranged human history that "the Reformation was preceded by the discovery of...home should afford neither friendship nor safety" (23)? A recent immigrant himself, Paine was writing his own story here; the American past, his private...

...world' of which the 'great awakening' of New England was a conspicuous sign." 75 Even for Thomas Paine, "the Reformation was preceded by the discovery of...home should afford neither friendship nor safety." 7 6 With the decline of providential interpretations of history, the idea of translatio religionis...

...first importance in the unfolding course of human history. Discovered just before the Reformation, as "if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years," — America had long served as a refuge from want for the impoverished Examinations and an "asylum...

...in this regard. "The Reformation was preceded by the discovery of America," explains Common Sense, "as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years." Those future years have now come to pass, and they are safe only in "the distance at which the Almighty...

...discovered, adds weight to the argument, and the manner in which it was peopled encreases the force of it. The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America,...home should afford neither friendship nor safety. The authority of Great- Britain over this continent, is a form of government, which sooner or later...

...discovered adds weight to the argument, and the manner in which it was peopled increases the force of it. The Reformation was preceded by the discovery of America:...home should afford neither friendship nor safety. — Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1 776) LESSON 5: HOW AM I GOING TO SUPPORT MY TOPIC? Your goal for...

...discovered, adds weight to the argument, and the manner in which it was peopled, increases the force of it. The Reformation was preceded by the discovery of America,...home should afford neither friendship nor safety. The authority of Great Britain over this continent is a form of government which sooner or later must...

...Affairs in the World'.'25 The most famous formulation of this conjunction was Thomas Paine's in 1776: 'The Reformation was preceded by the discovery of...meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years'.26 Gradually, the association with the Renaissance was forgotten in Protestant thought. It thereby...

...the liberty and true religion of the world are to be deposited" ("A Dialogue," 93). 30 Furthermore, "The reformation was preceded by the discovery of...home should afford neither friendship nor safety" (Common Sense, 87). 3 t The experience of transcendence that can accompany the revolutionary encounter...

...independence from Great Britain], and the manner in which it was peopled increases the force of it. The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America,...home should afford neither friendship nor safety. Common Sense, 1 776 America as an Example of Freedom The cause of America is, in a great measure, the...