...army as a soldier, but has found time to write. It is his first crisis, and it runs ,thus : " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation left with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph." He produces one of his most...

...used those words. (3.) Thomas Paine opened the second No. of "The Crisis," with these words: "THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS. The summer soldier...his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the thanks of man and woman." (4.) At the close of a speech in the House of Representatives on the I9th...

...thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation left with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph." He produces one of his most masterly pieces. He appeals to Heaven, and prays for some Jersey maid,...

...hope, what energy, gleams over those veteran faces, as words like these ' break on their ears : "These are the times that try men's souls! The summer soldier...will in this CRISIS, shrink from the service of his conntry ; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny like hell,...

...pamphlet, which he spread open on his knees. Then in a drawling voice he read these words : " These arc the times that try men's souls. " The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, dhrink from the service of his country ; but he that stands it now, deserves the thanks of man and...

...author appeared with another number of the "Crisis." It commenced with that immortal passage : " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women." The effect of this last number was marvelous. It was read to the companies of soldiers,...

...her warning to depart. Oh, receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind." " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph." " A generous parent should say, ' If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

...glorious cause they had espoused were called together, these words broke forth upon them : " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." "These are the times that try men's souls," was the watchword at the battle of Trenton, and Washington...

...pillar of fire by night, leading the way to freedom, "honor, and glory. He shouted to them, " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier,...now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." To those who wished to put the war off to some future day, with a lofty and touching spirit of self-sacrifice...

...grandmother must often have been heard and used by her. They begin the first number of The Crisis: "These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier...Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." 3. The terms Whig and Tory were applied to the two parties in England who represented, respectively,...