“The neglected pioneer of one revolution, the honoured victim of another, brave to the point of folly, and as humane as he was brave, no man in his generation preached republican virtue in better English, nor lived it with a finer disregard of self. {On American founding father and hero, Thomas Paine}” VirtueRevolutionHonorVictimBraveSelflessnessHumaneEnglishPainePioneerThomas PaineTom PaineFounding Father Book:Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Source: Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle