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I would give worlds, if I had them, that Age of Reason had not been published. O Lord, help me! Christ, help me! O God what have I done to suffer so much? But there is no God! But if there should be, what will become of me hereafter? Stay with me, for God’s sake! Send even a child to stay with me, for it is hell to be alone. If ever the devil had an agent, I have been that one.
The point
A deathbed account of Thomas Paine's reported anguish and regret over writing Age of Reason.
Scripture
Hebrews 9:27
Audience
Adults
Tone
Tragic · Cautionary
To tell aloud
under a minute · 84 words