Common Sense
Read the underlined text carefully,
In this sentence, Paine is suggesting that Britain is
trying to
destroy all mankind.
destroy those who are trying to protect the
natural rights of all mankind.
ensure that the cause of America remains the
cause of all mankind.
The cause of America is in a great measure
the cause of all mankind The laying a
Country desolate with Fire and Sword,
declaring War against the natural rights of all
Mankind, and extirpating the Defenders
thereof from the Face of the Earth, is the
Concern of every Man to whom Nature hath
given the Power of feeling.
DONE