| Jonathan Foreman - 2005 - 112 halaman
...December 23, 1776, it was read to the troops on Christmas morning by order of George Washington. THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;... | |
| Jennifer J. Baker - 2005 - 244 halaman
...the troops on their retreat across New Jersey, he stressed that freedom comes only at a price: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...shrink from the service of their country; but he that stand it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;... | |
| Jane Chapman - 2005 - 315 halaman
...1 Benjamin Franklin's printing press could well have been written for France thirteen years later: 'Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet...harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.' More importantly, his pamphlet Common Sense (1 776) was an instant bestseller, prompting hesitant and... | |
| Brandon Marie Miller - 2004 - 124 halaman
...1776, Thomas Paine paid eloquent tribute to these steadfast soldiers in The American Crisis: These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the thanks of man and woman. "WHERE GOD, CAN WE FLY... | |
| Gary Hart - 2005 - 204 halaman
...Thomas Paine's exhortation written (in words reminiscent of Shakespeare's Henry V) days before: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Early the next... | |
| Barbara J. Mitnick - 2005 - 308 halaman
...ranks with a paper Washington ordered read to his troops. Its first paragraph became a classic: These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like... | |
| Frederick Cookinham - 2005 - 488 halaman
...RAND the times that try men's souls. In this crisis, the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink from the service of their country. But he that...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... | |
| Michael Lee Lanning - 2005 - 268 halaman
...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... | |
| 2004 - 516 halaman
...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... | |
| James Emery White - 2005 - 193 halaman
...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, in 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... | |
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