<P> For nearly three months, Paine managed to maintain his anonymity, even during Bell's potent newspaper polemics . His name did not become officially connected with the independence controversy until March 30, 1776 . Paine never did recoup the profits he felt due to him from Bell's first edition . Ultimately, he lost money on the Bradford printing as well, and because he decided to repudiate his copyright, never did profit from Common Sense . </P> <P> The first and subsequent editions divided the pamphlet into four sections . </P> <P> In his first section, Paine related common Enlightenment theories of the state of nature, in order to establish a foundation for republican government . Paine began this section by making a distinction between society and government, arguing that government is a "necessary evil". He illustrated the power of society to create and maintain happiness in man through the example of a few isolated people that find it easier to live together rather than apart, creating society . As society continues to grow, a government becomes necessary to prevent the natural evil Paine saw in man . In order to promote civil society through laws and account for the impossibility of all people meeting centrally to make laws, representation and therefore elections become necessary . As this model was clearly intended to mirror the situation of the colonists at the time of publication, Paine went on to consider the Constitution of the United Kingdom . </P> <P> Paine found two tyrannies in the English constitution; monarchical and aristocratic tyranny, in the king and peers, who rule by heredity and contribute nothing to the people . Paine criticized the English constitution by examining the relationship between the king, the peers, and the commons . </P>

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