I hope this production provides some utility for anyone whom endeavors the listen. While the text is only two hundred plus years old, and times are drastically different now, the ideas of natural law expressed in this pamphlet raises the question, when did, for a majority of us, we lose our understanding of what rights we have, regarding that which seem inalienable to us as human beings, living under our own moral code, as not to cause harm to others? This question only gives rise to a slurry of others. I do acknowledge that if one is unwilling to govern themselves they will, more than likely, be governed by external forces. Then I ask the question: to what limit will we allow government dominion and censorship over our natural rights as man and woman? Maybe it's too late and the turning back the tides, as it were, is impossible due to the inherited wealth and domain Thomas Paine spoke of so many years ago. Thank you to the Gutenberg Project for makings these relics of literature attainable to all those wishing to read or disseminate them to others. Mostly, I thank all of you who took the time to go over this material and read my sentiments here. Action based on thoughts that derive from our will to do good and improve humanity and our relationships with one another is our current resolution.
Squeak Bayou
p.s. please forgive whatever errors are contained within my narration, as this project was rather tedious because of the archaic english of the time it was written, and I became indifferent towards the project at certain times throughout.
