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Mankind being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance; the
distinctions of rich, and poor, may in a great measure be accounted for, and that without having recourse to the harsh, ll sounding names
of oppression and avarice?. oppression is often the CONSEQUENCE, but seldom or never the MEANS of riches, and though avarice will
preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy
But there is another and greater distinction, for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the distinction of
men into KINGS and SUBJECTS. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the distinctions of heaven; but how a race of
men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth inquiring into, and whether they are
the means of happiness or of misery to mankind,
1. recourse source of help
2. avarice greed
3. means method for accomplishing or obtaining something
4. timorous: fearful
What argument is Thomas Paine trying to make in this excerpt?
ОА The differences between the kings and the subjects are not natural or necessary
OB. There will always be a need to separate kings and their subjects.
oc The equality originally enjoyed by people has been damaged by natur drawsters.
OD Not all people who belonged to the upper levels of society are cruel
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