ABSTRACT
It was a time when, in religion there was as yet no middle philosophical ground; people were very strong on one side or the other; there was a good deal of lying, and the liars were well paid for their work. Paine and his principles made the great issue. Paine was double-damnably lied about…. He was neither drunken nor filthy … a high-minded gentleman…. Paine left a clear-cut impression on the public mind … was among the best and truest of men.—Walt Whitman.
