Here is a link to the Pamphlet "Common Sense" by Tom Paine. His little pamphlet is the book that organized the colonists' thinking beyond discussions at the tavern and into some cogent arguments and sets of beliefs that ultimately spurred independence for the colonies:

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/text.html

A little long but worth it.

Hey, it's the Fourth, read something!

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Let's not forget that he is also the author of "The Age of Reason."

And The Crisis, the first of the pamphlets starting with the famous, "These are the times that try men's souls."

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Oh dear. I just read all 18 pages of Glocktalk's "One Shot Stops" sticky. I guess I'm really not getting anything done today. I did at least make it to the gym, which was unexpectedly open.

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