As The Crisis was written in December 1776, there is also a very literal sense in which Paine<span> means the "summer soldier" and "sunshine patriot." The American soldiers were poised to battle through the long and bitter Northern winter months. :) your welcome
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A. east of the Mississippi River
It was inflamed by the <span>Kansas-Nebraska Act. </span>
Fevers, chills, headaches, fatigues.
