[asymptosis]

I tried looking up things like "Thomas Payne" and "Common Sense" but nothing quite matched what you seem to be driving at. Is there something obvious I'm missing, or do you have a link for where to start looking further?

[joshuaissac]

Common Sense by Thomas Paine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense

[asymptosis]

Thanks! Ah, it's the spelling. I took "Payne" too literally.

[prox]

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147

On project Gutenberg!