December 23, 1776......."These are the times that try men's souls"

This was the famous quote that began the well known series of pamphlets written by Thomas Paine. I really find it moving that the first President of the United States of America asked a man like Thomas Paine to write something to encourage men in a time of war. George Washington really must have look up to the literary skills and inspiration of Thomas Paine to ask him to do such a thing.

Below is a site I found that has all the pamplets written by Thomas Paine.

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis/index.htm