The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights of Man

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[Redactor's Note: Reprinted from the "The Writings of Thomas Paine Volume I" (1894 - 1896). The author's notes are preceded by a "*". A Table of Contents has been added for each part for the convenience of the reader which is not included in the printed edition. Notes are at the end of Part II. ]…

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• AuthorThomas Paine
• SourceProject Gutenberg #3742
• Length93,083 words
• Chapters24
• DictionaryNot yet generated
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

24 chapters

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1. 01Moncure Daniel Conway
2. 02XIII The Rights of Man
3. 03XIV The Rights of Man
4. 04RIGHTS OF MAN
5. 05By Thomas Paine
6. 06President Of The United States Of America
7. 07PAINE'S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
8. 08PAINE'S PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION
9. 09By The National Assembly Of France
10. 10OBSERVATIONS ON THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
11. 11MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER
12. 12CONCLUSION
13. 13M. DE LA FAYETTE
14. 14PREFACE
15. 15London, Feb. 9, 1792
16. 16CHAPTER I. OF SOCIETY AND CIVILISATION
17. 17CHAPTER II. OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT OLD GOVERNMENTS
18. 18CHAPTER III. OF THE OLD AND NEW SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT
19. 19CHAPTER IV. OF CONSTITUTIONS
20. 20INTERSPERSED WITH MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS
21. 21The number of children will be 630,000
22. 22The expense of this will be annually L250,000.*[36]
23. 23The amount would be L50,000
24. 24Second Enumeration

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