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Christopher hitchens simple english wikipedia, the free. Tom paines revolutionary writings continue to be an inspiration, even turning up in some unexpected rightwing quarters. Hitchens, a great admirer of thomas paine, covers the history of paine s 1791 book, the rights of man, and analyzes its significance reception. Christopher hitchens on thomas paines rights of man 14. Christopher eric hitchens april 1949 15 december 2011 was an angloamerican atheist, writer and debater.
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