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Crisis, the
A series of fourteen patriotic papers by Thomas Paine (q. v.) during the Revolution, extending from 1775 to 1783.
The first, in reply to General Gage's proclamation, is dated Aug. 9, 1775; the second, written just after Congress left Philadelphia, fearing its capture by the British, to meet at Baltimore, is dated Dec. 19, 1776.
It begins with the well-known words, These are the times that try men's souls.
The third is dated January, 1777; most, if not all, were published in Philadelphia.