Thomas Paine:

By the universal economy of nature it is known, and by the instance of the Jews it is proved, that the human species has a tendency to degenerate, in any small number of persons, when separated from the general stock of society, and intermarrying constantly with each other.

— Thomas Paine Early Modern

Common Sense, Rights of Man

Context

The Rights of Man, Part II

Date / Period

1792

Source

https://blogs.ubc.ca/sarcasmmiscellany/2014/02/24/paine-and-gaine/

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