Common sense [electronic resource] : addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs. IV. Of the present Ability of America, with some miscellaneous Reflections. A new edition, with several additions in the Body of the Work. To which is added, an appendix; together with an address to the people called Quakers. N. B. The New Edition here given increases the Work upwards of One-Third. By Thomas Paine, Secretary to the Committee for Foreign Affairs to Congress, during the American War, and Author of The Rights of Man, and a Letter to the Abbe Raynal.