Mises Daily
Author:
George Ford Smith
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before making the crossing. The essay, immortalized in American history with its opening words — “These are the times that try men’s souls” — may or may not have in jail or hanging him would almost certainly incite his growing followers into open revolt. The London Times editorialized that Paine ought to go to France to join like-minded expatriates. He spent the day at his wall-enclosed house, where he had access to an acre of garden that was “stocked with excellent fruit trees” and a