These are the times that try mens’ souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot…

“These are the times that try mens’ souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot…”

These are the times that try mens’ souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Year: 1776
Context: The American Crisis No. 1
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Keywords: The American Crisis No. 1, Thomas Paine, 1776

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