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w,.rds have again an d again arous-
ed the world from the sleep which
threateped death. We have care-
fullv noted the m any stream s flow-
ing into the river and swelling its
breadth and its power un til it
.weeps all things before it, un til
men have learned to prize freedom
more than anv other possession,
and have determ ined at any cost to
be free, We have seen this stream
become a raging to rren t sweeping
all before it; we have seen a few.
like Thomas Paine, try in g to guide
the torrent w ithin hanks, which
Should prevent wholesale d estru c­
tion, and heard them cursed by
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f r e e :— tu itio n — f r e e :
honored, Thom as Paine deserves a
high place as the au th o r of Com-
iuon Sense, The Crisis, the Deci a r-
IN T H E
ation of Independence, the letters
of Ju n iu s, and the R ights of Man.
Among those noble souls who have
since the daw ning of the light in
the fifteenth century, ag itated ,
spoke, wrote and died for religious
liberty. Thom as Paine deser ves an
honored place as the a u th o r of the
This is a R em arkable Offer!
Age of Reason, in which ne antici-
Some (hie is G oing to he 1 »enefitted!
pates by one hundred years the
conclusions reached by scholars in
the close of the nineteenth cen­
tury. \\ e honor T hom as Paine for
From F ebruary 1 to August 15, 1898, we have <lecide<l to
th at heroism which induced him ,
i.
,
m ake th is R e m a r k a b le O f f e r
The p arty sending
at
the risk
those whom they tried to save.
a t the
risk of
of his
lus life,
life, to
to plead
plead for
for u s t h e largest n u m b er of Y early .Subscribers to th e T orch
1„ every century we have seen mercy to the French king. H lslo .y ))F R eason , a t th e regular subscription rate of One D ollar rt
orthodoxy trying to muzzle free offers few exam ples of heroism an d Year, will receive F r e e T u i t i o n a n d B o a r d a t th e
speech, to Silence free thought; we nobility of ch aracter to equal th a t | Liberal U niversity, at S ilverton, Oregon. for One School
have read the libels and denuneia- of the Am erican, iu broken French, Year. The person sending th e Second Largest n u m b er of
tions hurled in every age on th o s e ! pleading before the m addened na-
ubscribers at one d o llar a year, will receive F r e e
who dared to think for them selves tional assem bly for m erev, when
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,T u itio n one year. The w inners of these prizes m ay
and express their thoughts for the he knew th a t he would be sent to, choose any course of study given in the U niversity,
einai eipation of others
hers. We have ; the guillotine. There was much in
R em em ber the Liberal U niversity is the O nly School of
noted how long, h ard and hitter the character of T hom as Paine the kind, and an offer like tais is indeed R em arkable.
has been the battle, and we can but! which rem inds one of th e knights
honor those noble souls in every of old, who defied the world in de­
age who have d ared disgrace, con- j fense of a principle,and it is a last-
will receive free tu itio n for a year and free hoard besides.
tumely and even death in th eir he- ing disgrace to America and to
roic defense of freedom. One of these C h ristian ity th at, because of a dif-
hrave men was T hom as Paine, for ference over m atters of opinion,
will receive free tuition for a year.
whose services to A m erican free-j Paine should so long have been
dom, for whose devotion to religious j abused and reviled by thos<* who
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freedom, for whose outspoken de- are not w orthy of being m entioned
All subscriptions m ust be paid in advance.
nunciations of civil and religious in the sam e breath.
All honor,
Money nnu-t be forw arded w ith th e o rd er.
tyranny, orthodoxy has never ceas­ then, to Thom as Paine, who dared
All orders m ust be m ailed to uh and bear th e p o stm ark at th e office of m ailing
ed to rave and blasphem e. For it speak the tru th though kings arid not la te r th a n M onday. A ugust 15, 189S.
is rank blasphem y to denounce the bishops frowned and an ungrateful
u b scrip tio n s m ay be se n t in a t any tim e p rio r to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, and
truth and the goodness of men people turned coldly upon their we S will
keep a record ot th e n u m b er sen t io by each c o n te sta n t. •
whose only sin is th a t they love best friend; and may the tim e soon
S tate in your le tte r th it you wish to enter the contest.
Sam ple copies w ill be se n t im tw o ri nts each.
the light. In Paine and those who come when this noble cham pion of
A ddress all letters atxl m ake all orders payable to
agree with him in prizing freedom freedom shall he spoken of with the
of thought and speech above all respect due his services to civil and SILVER TO N .
TO R C H OF R E A S O N ,
OREGO
else, we see the full effect of that religious freedom, and by the side
vibrating note of freedom gathering of W ashington, Jetf’e rson, Adam s
volume through the centuries until and F ran k lin , shall he placed the
in the eighteenth and nineteenth it nam e of Paine, who declared, “ My
swells into a trem endous shout, at country is th e world; to do good is
which the w alls placed around the tn y religion.’’
truth to keep it from the com m on,
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people are hurled to the ground.
Thom as Paine’s Farm .
W ith every year more recognize
the grand work done hv Thom as
The old farm of Thom as Paine
Paine for civil and religious liber­ is to he turned into a cemetery,
ty; more speak his nam e with re­ which will rival in beauty and im-
spect; the num ber of ignorant big- p-.rtance New Y ork’s celebrated ne-
ots who sneer at Tom Paine is cropolis— Greenwood,
diminished, and the num ber who
The property is ne ir New Roch-
-peak of Tom Paine as a friend is elie, and has just been sold to a
increased. Slowly, very slowly,hut syndicate of New York million-
very surely, justice is being done to aires, who propose to so enhance its
one who has deserved well of all beauty as to make it one of the
m ankind.
m ost rom antic graveyards in the
We com m em orate the b irth d ay world. It was sold to the syndicate
of 1 houias Paine as a protest by Jo h n H. Trenor, a rich citizen
against
th at
orthodoxy which of New Rochelle. Its 300 acres
R espectfully invite you to visit
counts every m eans right by which brought .he sum of $200,000.
th e ir estab lish m en t and con­
it can overthrow freedom.
We
In th e bosom of this land repose
vince yourself th a t th ey are
commemorate
the
b irth d ay o f the m ortal rem ains of the au th o r of
show ing the greatest line of
I homas Paine because the U nited “ T’ommon Ssnse,’’ “ The Age of
G eneral M erchandise in M arion
>! ates owe to him a debt on account Reason,’’ and of “ The R ights of
county at p o p u lar prices.
of civil freedom which no honors M an.” Above his dust stands a
Mail orders given p ro m p t atten tio n .
can fully repay. W e honor Thom- m onum ent much more humble
Yours to Please
Paine localise the world owes than many th a t have been erected
him a debt on behalf of civil and to men of far less renown,
religious liberty which centuries of
This land was the spot on which |
S ilverton , Oregon
honor will not cancel.
Among the H uguenots settled when they
those fathers of the nation alw ays] landed in America.
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