beating the drum

beating the drum

to stir up the passions

the headlong running

into the battle

seeing the corruption

exposing the cancer

feeding the fire

for the battle to be won

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October 16, 2015

beating the drum

Thomas Paine

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/thomas-paine

http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-paine-9431951

and the other intellectual leaders of the American Revolution

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