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semester a excerpt from the crisis, no. i by thomas paine these are the times that try mens souls. 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. tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: tis dearness only that gives everything its value. heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but \to bind us in all cases whatsoever,\ and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to god i have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that god almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent read the excerpt from the crisis, number i. \tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death which best describes the purpose of this excerpt? to emphasize the hardships that come with fighting for a cause to encourage colonists to consider a peaceful solution to inspire colonists to join the fight for independence to explain paines moral justification for the war

Explanation:

Breve explicación:

El excerpt enfatiza la importancia de luchar contra la tiranía británica y alienta a los colonos a unirse a la lucha por la independencia. Hace hincapié en que aquellos que se mantienen firmes merecen elogio y que la gloria viene con la superación de conflictos difíciles.

Respuesta:

to inspire colonists to join the fight for independence

Answer:

Breve explicación:

El excerpt enfatiza la importancia de luchar contra la tiranía británica y alienta a los colonos a unirse a la lucha por la independencia. Hace hincapié en que aquellos que se mantienen firmes merecen elogio y que la gloria viene con la superación de conflictos difíciles.

Respuesta:

to inspire colonists to join the fight for independence