The Rights of Man

The founding arguments for freedom and equality — Paine, Mill, and the declarations that defined modern rights.

The case for human liberty

In this collection

• Despair
• The Bell-Tower
• Gambling
• A Cynic Looks at Life
• Lost Beauty
• The Setness of Theodosia
• Indian Speeches
• Fate
• On some Respectable Snobs
• The Dark Flower
• Orthodoxy
• Al-Durar, or "the Pearls"
• The Younger Born
• The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes
• Submission to Wife Government
• A Conditional Pardon
• A Deserted Child
• Christ in the Universe
• L' Ardente Nodo Ov' Io Fui, D' Ora in Ora

• All collections