It hath been reported of the late Mr. Pelham (who tho' an able ministe… — Common Sense

Common Sense — Thomas Paine

It hath been reported of the late Mr. Pelham (who tho' an able minister was not without his faults) that on his being attacked in the house of commons, on the score, that his measures were only of a temporary kind, replied "THEY WILL LAST MY TIME." Should a thought so fatal and unmanly possess the colonies in the present contest, the name of ancestors will be remembered by future generations with detestation.

Endroit: ¶73
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