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By Thomas Paine
Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her.—Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.
- Source
- Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, 1776 · Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs, p. 58
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- Internet Archive (John Carter Brown Library scan of the 1776 Philadelphia printing, W. and T. Bradford)
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From Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, printed in Philadelphia in 1776 (W. and T. Bradford printing). Paine published it without his name at first.