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Islands are small and surrounded by water, but a continent is big and has many people living in countries on it.

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It is absurd for an island to rule a continent because of the vast difference in size, population, resources, and power between the two. A small island would likely not have the capacity to govern a large continent effectively, nor would it be accepted or feasible for such a mismatched governance structure to exist.

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Who said There is something very absurd in supporting a continent to be forever governed by an island?

thomas paine


What did Thomas Paine mean by.... There is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.....?

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Is Australila a continent or an island?

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