of Contents
Chapter V. Liberty And Equality
Chapter VII. Under The Banner Of Independence
Chapter VIII. Soldier And Secretary
Chapter IX. French Aid, And The Paine-deane Controversy.
Chapter X. A Story By Gouverneur Morris
CHAPTER XI. Cause, Country, Self
Chapter XII. A Journey To France
Chapter XIII. The Muzzled Ox Treading Out The Grain.
CHAPTER XIV. Great Washington And Poor Paine
Chapter XV. Pontifical And Political Inventions
Chapter XVI. Returning To The Old Home
Chapter XVII. A British Lion With An American Heart
Chapter XVIII. Paine's Letters To Jefferson In Paris
Chapter XIX. The Key Of The Bastille
Chapter XX. "the Rights Of Man"
Part I. of "The Rights of Man" was printed by Johnson in time for the
Chapter XXI. Founding The European Republic
Chapter XXII. The Right Of Evolution
Chapter XXIII. The Deputy For Calais In The Convention
Chapter XXIV. Outlawed In England
Preface
At Hornsey, England, I saw a small square mahogany table, bearing at its centre the following words: "This Plate is inscribed by Thos. Clio Rickman in Remembrance of his dear friend Thomas Paine, who on this table in the year 1792 wrote several of his invaluable Works."
The works written by Paine in Rickman's house were the second part of "The Rights of Man," and "A Letter to the Addressers." Of these two books vast numbers were circulated, and though the government prosecuted them, they probably contributed largely to make political progress in England evolutionary instead of revolutionary. On this table he set forth constitutional reforms that might be peacefully obtained, and which have been substantially obtained And here he warned the "Addressers,"
