Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw fort — Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw fort — Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw fort — Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw fort — Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw fort — Thomas Paine, The Crisis
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Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice.

— Thomas Paine, The Crisis
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