_Paine._ "In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have traveled over, but frequently neglect to gather up _experience_ as we go."--Crisis, iii. _Junius._ "As you yourself are a singular instance of youth without spirit, the man who defends you is a no less remarkable example of _age_ without the benefit of _experience_."--Let. 9. I merely call attention to the above fact as a practical feature of the mind common to both. In the same manner both make frequent mention of "_reason_" and "common sense." Examples of this kind it is useless to give, for they look out from every page. * * * * * I now pass to consider their doctrines and private opinions; and first of politics: I have heretofore proven that they were not partisans in the strict sense of the term, yet they both had party proclivities: _Paine._ "There is a dignity in the warm passions of a whig which is never to be found in the cold malice of a tory; in the one nature is only heated, in the other poisoned. The instant the former has it in his power to punish, he feels a disposition to forgive, but the canine venom of the latter knows no relief but revenge. This general distinction will, I believe, apply in all cases, and suits as well the meridian of England as America."--Crisis, vi. _Junius._ To the king: "You are not, however, destitute of support. You have all the Jacobites, Non-jurors, Roman Catholics, and _Tories_ of this country, and all Scotland without exception.... And truly, sir, if you had not lost the _Whig_ interest of England, I should admire your dexterity in turning the hearts of your enemies."--Let. 35. "When I hear the undefined privileges of the popular branch of the legislature exalted by _tories_ and jacobites, at the expense of those strict rights which are known to the subject and limited by the laws, I can not but suspect that some mischievous scheme is in agitation to destroy both law and privilege, by opposing them to each other."--Let. 44. They both declare _Law to be king_: _Paine._ "But where, say some, is the king of America? ... So far as we approve of monarchy, in America _the law is king_."--C. S. _Junius._ To the king: "Nor can you ever succeed [against Wilkes] unless he should be imprudent enough to forfeit the protection of those _laws to which you owe your crown_."--Let. 35. They both express themselves on the game laws of England as follows: _Paine._