Excerpt from Complete Works of Thomas Paine: Containing All His Political and Theological Writings; Preceded by a Life of Paine The American Revolution of 1776, of which thomas paine was the author-hero, was the prelude to that far more sanguin ary struggle against Oppression and wrong which overturned, or irreparably shook, every throne in Western Europe includ ing, in the category, even the chair of St. Peter; and of which struggle the most prominent author-hero was J m jacques Rousseau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.