A noted [Tory], who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as most I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, “Well! Give me peace in my day.” Not a man lives on the Continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent would have said, “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;” and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. What point was Thomas Paine trying to make by relating this anecdote? A:War is very difficult on children and should not be entered into lightly. B; America will break with Britain eventually, so now is the time to act. C Peace is an expensive commodity, so it should always be sought first.