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The Crisis, No, 1
by Thomas Paine
1. These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny1, like hell, is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly, t isclearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celessal an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but "to bind us in al cases whatsoever2, and if being bound in that manner is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impicus3, for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.
2. Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long. I will not now enter into as an argument, my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better. We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state. However, the faut, if it were one. was all our own; we have none to blame but ourselves. But no great deal is lost yet. All that Howe4 has been doing for
What rhetorical device is evident in the following passage from Thomas Paine's
"The Crisis, No.1"?
Sec. 2: Whether the independence of the continent
was declared too soon, or delayed too long..
A. emotional appeal
B. repetition
C. Allusion
D. metaphor
The Crisis, No, 1
by Thomas Paine
1. These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny1, like hell, is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly, t isclearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celessal an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but "to bind us in al cases whatsoever2, and if being bound in that manner is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impicus3, for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.
2. Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long. I will not now enter into as an argument, my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better. We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state. However, the faut, if it were one. was all our own; we have none to blame but ourselves. But no great deal is lost yet. All that Howe4 has been doing for
What rhetorical device is evident in the following passage from Thomas Paine's
"The Crisis, No.1"?
Sec. 2: Whether the independence of the continent
was declared too soon, or delayed too long..
A. emotional appeal
B. repetition
C. Allusion
D. metaphor
