copy by Auguste Millière, after an engraving by William Sharp, after George Romney oil on canvas, circa 1876, based on a work of 1792 NPG Thomas Paine ('Loyalty against levelling'). by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell etching, published 15 December 1792 NPG D9890. A gold-covered statue of Thomas Paine is found in the Parc Montsouris along the Boulevard Jourdan in the 14th arr.; the inscription reads: â€œThomas Paine; Citoyen du Monde; 1737-1809; Englishman by birth; French citizen by decree; American by adoption, Paris France - author of 'Common Sense'. Paine thought the "levelling" came from the other direction, that anybody, no matter how well or badly qualified for the position of monarch they were, could become a king so long as the proprieties of bloodline, descent, and family connections were adhered to. Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, and revolutionary.
It was basically a list of all the reason the Colonies should rebel and the wrongs the British had done. Paine wrote about taxation without representation and how only a continental government could rightly rule over the... "Oplysning er menneskets udgang af dets selvforskyldte umyndighed.