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    A sequel to Common sense or, the American controversy considered in two points of view hitherto unnoticed. First. - That Parliaments cannot be supreme in all cases whatsoever, without being infallible also. Second. - That Colonies, when they find themselves competent, that is, come of age, may, in consequence of an unanimity, nay, a majority of voices, throw off all subjection to the originating parent state, a power derived from God, and authorized by the necessity of things. By Theophilus Philadelphus.

    | Philadelphus, Theophilus. | Date: 1777
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    Rights of man being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution. By Thomas Paine, secretary for foreign affairs to Congress in the American war, and author of the work entitled Common sense.

    | Paine, Thomas 1737-1809. | Date: 1791
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    Rights of man being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution. By Thomas Paine, secretary for foreign affairs to Congress in the American war, and author of the work entitled Common sense.

    | Paine, Thomas 1737-1809. | Date: 1791

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