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Literature: Tool For The Masses to Grasp and Form Opinions on A Subject

Over the centuries, one of the most important tools available to protesting
groups was literature. Some of the most famous protest literature in the world
has its roots in American history. For example, some great American authors of
protest literature include Thomas Paine, Thomas Nast, John C. Calhoun, and
Martin Luther King. Through eloquent, sometimes subtle means, these authors
became the spokesmen for their particular protest movements.

Thomas Paine was an English-born man who seemed to stir controversy wherever he
traveled. Paine's forceful yet eloquent prose made him a hero for the three
great causes to which he devoted his life; the American Revolution, religious
reform, and the natural rights of man. At the age of 37, Paine strove for the
fabled shores of America, determined to forget his past. He made the
acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, and settled in Philadelphia. There, Paine
was......

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