...Thomas Paine's exhortation written (in words reminiscent of Shakespeare's Henry V) days before: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...country. But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Early the next morning as they poised before the sleeping city of Trenton,...

...1776, Thomas Paine paid eloquent tribute to these steadfast soldiers in The American Crisis: These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier...his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the thanks of man and woman. "WHERE GOD, CAN WE FLY FROM RANGER?" i n March 1776, Mary Silliman of Connecticut...

...December 23, 1776, it was read to the troops on Christmas morning by order of George Washington. THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny,...

...custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason." From "The Crisis": 'These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Thomas, we...

...the troops on their retreat across New Jersey, he stressed that freedom comes only at a price: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stand it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like...

..."Common Sense." The first essay in "The American Cause" stirred emotions everywhere. It began: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...Patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like...

...of the governed." -Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776, ME 1:29, Papers 1:429 "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like...

...marching in place, to keep warm. As the night descended upon them, they listened to Paine's words: These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now , deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny,...

..."passion of patriotism," he began what he called The Crisis, with its immortal opening lines : These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. On November...

...at least three times. Then read it aloud, with feeling, to a member of your family. The Crisis THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny,...