What Thomas Paine thinks about family

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Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809), born in Norfolk, England; author of Common Sense, a central text behind the call for American independence, and Rights of Man.

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1. c. 1795–1797

   Our readingWhere an estate has no direct heirs, society should inherit more than its usual tenth

   Their wordsConsidering then that man is always related to society, that relationship will become comparatively greater in proportion as the next of kin is more distant: It is therefore consistent with civilization to say, that where there are no direct heirs, society shall be heir to a part over and above the tenth part due to society.

   ↗Agrarian Justice (1797; Philadelphia, R. Folwell)en.wikisource.org All 18 from this book