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Question

According to the introduction to Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, "Paine democratized political language, transforming it 'from a medium restricted to the intellectual elite' into a medium that "any intelligent person could use.'" This was certainly true of Paine's Common Sense. This was also true of Paine's The American Crisis, a series of letters he wrote during the Revolutionary War. Using "The Crisis,

Number 1" as a case in point, explain how Paine used language to inspire the average American.