ey spirit enough to hazard their lives and
fortunes in a contest, | if it should be necessary, with a prostituted
legislature? | If these questions can fairly be answered in the
affirmative, your choice is made. | Forgive this passionate language. |
I am unable to correct it. | The subject comes home to us all. | It is
the language of my heart." |

The above is sufficient. The first and last paragraphs are from Junius,
the other two from Paine. The last two paragraphs are passionate, the
first two calm but energetic. Throughout the whole, nature is at
work--there is nothing artificial. But it was the melody or rythm that I
wished to indicate to the reader. This is peculiar and common to both,
and itself can not be imitated. If a writer ever succeeds in reproducing
this style, it will be from the nature of his own mind, and not from
imitation.

If the reader will now return to page 71, and compare the Dedication to
Junius with the Introduction to Common Sense, he will find in rythm a
striking parallel, because the subject is the same, and the mind of the
writer is performing the same work.

Grammatical accuracy is often sacrificed to conciseness, as in the
following:

_Paine._

"Many circumstances have and will arise which are
not local."--Introduc.

_Junius._

"If this be your meaning and opinion, you will act
consistently with _it_ in choosing Mr. Nash."--Let. 57.

Mr. Paine was bold enough to transcend the minor rules of grammar
whenever he found them cumbersome to his style. In this he is consistent
with Junius.

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There is a majesty of manner, and a grandeur of style, which strike the
mind of the reader with great force. Take, for example, the following:

_Paine._

"It was not Newton's honor, neither could it be
his pride, that he was an Englishman, but that he
was a philosopher; the heavens had liberated him
from the prejudices of an island, and science had
expanded his soul as boundless as his
studies."--Crisis, viii.

_Junius._

"You have still an honorable part to act. The
affections of your subjects may still be
recovered; but, before you subdue their hearts,
you must gain a noble victory over your own.
Discard those little personal resentments which
have too long