America was going through a difficult period when Paine wrote "The Crisis, No. 1." Some soldiers were abandoning the fight for freedom, and therefore, Paine tried to convince them through these lines: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
Paine agreed that the time was full of troubles and problems, and it was testing the hard work of the people. However, he appealed to them to not abandon the war. He argued that hope was not yet lost, and victory was within reach as long as Americans continued their struggle.
Paine is referring to the difficulties facing the colonists to stand up against the British Empire against imposed taxes and foreign rule. He says "<span>Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph". This emphasises his point that the fight is against tyranny, although the battle may be difficult.</span>
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They have similar properties, because they share similar amounts of electrons in their outer shell, valence electrons! This means they will only be able to interact with other elements with those electrons so they often show similar properties.
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