Edmund Morgan Quote

Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.

Edmund Morgan

Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.

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Edmund Morgan may refer to:

Edmund Morgan (historian) (1916–2013), American historian of early American history
Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and 1621
Edmund Morgan (bishop) (1888–1979), bishop of Southampton, and of Truro