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A 3 page paper which compares Thomas Paines’ “Common Sense” to William Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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powerful men in their own right, but they perceived the world around them quite differently. While Paine was a man of the Age of Reason Bradford was a Puritan and
everything he did or thought revolved around his faith in God and the Bible. The following paper takes Thomas Paines work "Common Sense" and compares it to William Bradfords "Of
Plymouth Plantation." Paine and Bradford Thomas Paines work appears to be one that described the condition of America and the possibilities of this future. He focuses largely on
the government and how "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one;
for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamities is heightened by reflecting that
we furnish the means by which we suffer!" (Paine). As such his work sets out to use reason to uncover the best way to approach the creation of a new
government in this new land. Bradfords work seems to be incredibly focused on the people and the will of God as people arrived in this new nation and humbly set
about their task. His introduction states, "It is well known unto the godly and judicious, how ever since the first breaking out of the light of the gospel in our
honourable nation of England....what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained and continued against the Saints" (Bradford). In this one can see that he essentially lays down the
history of the pilgrims in a way that speaks of their incredible righteousness and how they must continue to fight for their religious rights as Puritans.
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