I have six eggs. I crack two, I cook two, and I eat two. how much do i have left??

2 eggs

Explanation: if you cracked 2 then 2 is gone. if you ate 2 then another 2 is gone but when you cook 2 there still there just cooked.

4

Explanation:

you cooked the egg you cracked, and ate the egg you cooked.

so ,only 2 eggs have been used

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."