Comments on: Anniversaries http://emergentink.com/2009/06/09/anniversaries/ greater than the sum of its parts Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Juventus http://emergentink.com/2009/06/09/anniversaries/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Juventus Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:35:44 +0000 http://emergentink.com/?p=717#comment-657 "Thomas Paine was a champion, in both hemispheres, of human liberty; one of the founders and fathers of this Republic; one of the foremost men of his age. He never wrote a word in favor of injustice. He was a despiser of slavery. He abhorred tyranny in every form. He was, in the widest and best sense, a friend of all his race. His head was clear as his heart was good, and he had the courage to speak his honest thoughts." "I believe in the equality of man, and that religious duties consist in doing justice, in loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy." "It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself." "The word of God is the creation which we behold." "Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man." "My opinion is, that those whose lives have been spent in doing good and endeavoring to make their fellow-mortals happy, will be happy hereafter." "I believe in one God, and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life." "Man has no property in man." "The key of heaven is not in the keeping of any sec!" (http://www.ushistory.org/PAINE/) Thomas Paine, was born in Thetford in Norfolk on January 29, 1737, he died on June 8, 1809 at the age of 72 in New York City. Perhaps Mr Thomas Paine would be very proud of New Fairfield and would want us to remember this day in words too. “Thomas Paine was a champion, in both hemispheres, of human liberty; one of the founders and fathers of this Republic; one of the foremost men of his age. He never wrote a word in favor of injustice. He was a despiser of slavery. He abhorred tyranny in every form. He was, in the widest and best sense, a friend of all his race. His head was clear as his heart was good, and he had the courage to speak his honest thoughts.”

“I believe in the equality of man, and that religious duties consist in doing justice, in loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.”
“It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.”
“The word of God is the creation which we behold.”
“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.”
“My opinion is, that those whose lives have been spent in doing good and endeavoring to make their fellow-mortals happy, will be happy hereafter.”
“I believe in one God, and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life.”
“Man has no property in man.”
“The key of heaven is not in the keeping of any sec!”
(http://www.ushistory.org/PAINE/)

Thomas Paine, was born in Thetford in Norfolk on January 29, 1737, he died on June 8, 1809 at the age of 72 in New York City. Perhaps Mr Thomas Paine would be very proud of New Fairfield and would want us to remember this day in words too.

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