...limitations. Thomas Paine is most famous for his 1776 The American Crisis, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service to their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Paine honored...

...ll'aldo Emerson The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. — Samuel Johnson These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrrnk from the service of their country, but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of...

...seemed to be faltering. "These are the times that try men's souls," Paine's opening sentence began. "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will,...this crisis, shrink from the service of his country." He was right. But Paine also understood what would happen if men and women did not shrink from a life...

...observations came a brilliant pamphlet, The Crisis. "These are the times that try men's souls," Paine wrote. "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." The winter...

...souls. In this crisis, the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink from the service of their country. But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman — " Washington stands on Broad Street, looking tense and worried. He might be looking down at Paine...

...fight, and that there must be many sacrifices. It was well said by an early American patriot that "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot in the time of trouble will shrink for the services of his country. But those who stand it now deserve...

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...American Revolution was in its darkest hour. In response, Tom Paine wrote his first "Crisis" paper: These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. General Washington had the paper read to his miserable, disheartened troops in their frozen winter...

..."There is a way which seeins right to a man, but its end is the way of death," (Proverbs 4:12) "THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS; THE SUMMER SOLDIER...THAT STANDS IT NOW, DESERVES THE LOVE AND THANKS OF (EVERY) MAN AND WOMAN. TYRANNY, LIKE HELL, IS NOT EASILY CONQUERED; YET WE HAVE THIS CONSOLATION WITH...

...commander in chief. Paine wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from...now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Who knows if Washington himself was inspired by Paine's writings, but just before Christmas, Washington...