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…Paine's Political Thought (by M. Bisheff), continued from page 10

All of these proposals are intended to illustrate fresh directions in the aim of establishing a Republic of Conscience--a natural extension of the spirit and practice embodied in the moral and political thought and life of Thomas Paine.

“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” --Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

REFERENCES

Joyce Appleby, editor, Common Sense and Other Writings, by Thomas Paine, with an introduction by Joyce Appleby, 2005, New York:

Barnes and Noble Classics Series

Gregory Claeys, Thomas Paine: Social and Political Thought, 1989, Winchester MA: Unwin Hyman Inc.

Raghayan Iyer, Parapolitics: Toward the City of Man, 1979, Oxford UK: Oxford University Press

Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, with an introduction by Philip S. Foner, 1988, New York: Citadel Press

James Tepfer, “Tom Paine: Lover of Deity and Man,” October 14, 2006, paper presented at Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara CA

[Editor's note. Professor Klara Rukshina also employed Paine's own term for himself, "farmer of ideas," (Paine's letter to Henry Laurens, 1778)

in her paper in the Bulletin, volume 7, number 1, page 7, April 2006.]

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Monument at Parc Montsouris, Ile de Cite, Paris. The statue was sponsored by and funds raised by Joseph Lewis (the man also

responsible for the 1968 commemorative Paine US postage stamp). Sculptor was the renowned Gutzon Borglum. The statue was due to be dedicated in 1938 but was left in a store room in Paris during World War II at the end of which it was, remarkably, still found intact,

and was finally dedicated in 1948. Joseph Lewis was present for the ceremony.

Joseph Lewis

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