General Note | "Speech of Thomas Paine, as delivered in the Convention, July 7, 1795. Wherein he alludes to the preceding work": p. [33]-40. University of Virginia owns the following variants of this edition: 1) First sentence, p. [3], "There is no subject more interesting to every man than the subject of government."; p. 25, line 9, "In a state of nature stands are equal in rights ...", with "stands" crossed out and "all men" written in margin. 2) First sentence, p. [3], "There is no subject more interesting to every man than the subject of government."; p. 25, line 9, "In a state of nature all men are equal in rights ... " 3) First sentence, p. [3], "There is no subject in which mankind are more universally interested than in the subject of government."; p. 25, line 9, "In a state of nature all men are equal in rights ... "
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