"The clear and powerful style of Paine made a prodigious impression on
the American people."--_Thomas Gaspey_.
Charles Morris: "Its stirring tones filled all minds with the thirst for
liberty."
Nouvelle Biographie Generale (France): "The pamphlet produced a
prodigious effect."
"The success of this writing of Paine," says the Italian patriot and
historian, Charles Botta, "cannot be described."