Part the Second, Combining Principle of Practice, Preface and Introduction, Chapter 1, Of Society and Civilization, Chapter 2, Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments, Chapter 3, Of the Old and New Systems of Government Summary and Analysis

Part Two of Rights of Man is published a year after the first part. In the preface, Paine tells the reader that there were matters he wanted to add but he decided to wait until a later work. The first part was written in a more popular style; the second part is intended to be more measured and thoughtful. Further, Burke has refused to respond to Part One, and Paine finds this frustrating. Paine does not think...