I'm swamped with early US history as of late. In 3 short weeks the class has raced through early colonization to the American Revolution. This week's task (one of many) is to determine what specific passage of Thomas Paine's common sense pamphlet best illustrates that it was written for "common man".
Fun side-note: I thought that Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' was a huge book, much compared to that of Utopia, prior to take this class. If that's not proof I needed this class, I don't know what is.
While I read and re-read to determine the answer to my history task, this quote specifically caught my attention. What did Thomas Paine mean by that? Well, in case you're confused, allow Megan insight: it means that time allows the emotionally charged state you are in to pass, which allows you to better understand and accept things than having a reason alone. If I get fired, I'm going to be super pissed off at first. The boss may say "well, we caught you stealing" - the reason- and it doesn't mater, I'm going to be angry and upset at them. Only through time will my anger fade and allow me to accept the bosses reason and admit perhaps they had a point that I deserved to be fired- the conversion.
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