Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis” From Mike Church’s “Times That Try Mens Souls”
December 23, 1776 [Editor's Note-This piece originally appeared here on 13 December, 2013] THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that […]