He spoke of the American Revolutionary era as "the times that try men's souls"
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he 
authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American 
Revolution, and he inspired the rebels ..... During the Revolutionary War, Paine 
served as an aide to the important... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Paine - USHistory.org [PAR] "These are the times that try men's souls."