Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
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can you paraphrase this sentence?
a sentence out of Thomas Pain's famous book 'Common Sense'.
maybe it is an old fashioned English so it is hard to understand. who can paraphrase the sentence in modern English?
"Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others."
let me try first:
'therefore, since the purpose of a government is to provide security, the government should undoubtly to adopt any forms of organization that appears most likely to do just that, with the least expense and greatest benefit, and those forms of organization are preferred by all.'
maybe it is an old fashioned English so it is hard to understand. who can paraphrase the sentence in modern English?
"Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others."
let me try first:
'therefore, since the purpose of a government is to provide security, the government should undoubtly to adopt any forms of organization that appears most likely to do just that, with the least expense and greatest benefit, and those forms of organization are preferred by all.'
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Hi, a sentence out of Thomas Paine's famous book 'Common Sense'. maybe it is an old fashioned English so it is hard to understand. who can paraphrase the sentence in modern English?
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Hi,
a sentence out of Thomas Paine's famous book 'Common Sense'.
maybe it is an old fashioned English so it is hard to understand. who can paraphrase the sentence in modern English?
"Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most lik
a sentence out of Thomas Paine's famous book 'Common Sense'.
maybe it is an old fashioned English so it is hard to understand. who can paraphrase the sentence in modern English?
"Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most lik
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Any form of government that could provide security most efficiently is the best one of all
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