

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Revolutionary Virtue Reading Club: Common Sense by Thomas Pain
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: In January of 1776, an anonymously published pamphlet began to appear on the streets and in the inns and taverns of Philadelphia. Written in the plain language of everyday people, it offered an incendiary set of ideas: that the divine right to rule did not exist, that authority derived from the will of the people, that social class was an oppressive illusion, and that  there was a moral and political case for the formation of a new kind of nation, a secular, diverse democracy where the people functioned as the ruling entity to guarantee one another’s rights.  

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” changed the world by offering to everyone a powerful vision: of the good life, of liberty, of the pursuit of happiness. But where did these ideas come from? Do they still hold the power they did 250 years ago? So often we don’t grapple with the ideals of the revolution. We come laden with the baggage of our own prejudices and pretend we know better. This year, beginning with “Common Sense,” we’re going to consider those ideals, month by month, following the most pivotal year in our country’s history. 

This won’t be a discussion about Great Men, nor about partisan politics. We’re going to look into the moral and political philosophy of 1776 through the lens of the people: immigrants who could not yet speak English, farmers and tradesmen eking out a living on rented land with mortgaged tools, free and enslaved Black peoples, First Nations people, women…1776 is the moment where the revolution shifts from a gentlemen’s rebellion to a demand for the rights of every human person in the colonies. 

We think a bookstore where you can have a pint is a fitting place to confront the big ideas of 1776, as it resembles the first places where Paine’s words dropped like little bombs into the minds of people who in many cases could not even read them. “It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world.” 

Join us, beginning January 10, for the Revolutionary Virtue Reading Group
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/humboldt/revolutionary-virtue-reading-club-common-sense-by-thomas-pain/200029414918345
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Humboldt
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 605 Sumner Avenue, Humboldt, IA, United States, Iowa 50548
- **lat**: 42.72119
- **long**: -94.21644
- **full address**: 605 Sumner Avenue, Humboldt, IA, United States, Iowa 50548

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- **organizer**: Night Owl Books (https://allevents.in/org/night-owl-books/24907274)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 605 Sumner Avenue, Humboldt, IA, United States, Iowa 50548
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Night Owl Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Revolutionary Virtue Reading Club: Common Sense by Thomas Pain ?
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