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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. — Thomas Paine

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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine
The Crisis · 1776
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Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number I, December 19, 1776." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.
Original citation
Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 1. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1776.

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