Paine remains the most important contributor to the American and French revolutions for whom no reliable collection of writings has been published. All existing collections of Paine’s writings fall short of scholarly standards. At least twenty-six Paine’s texts have been deattributed and seventeen have been recently added to his collected works. A complete edition based on modern scholarly standards remains to be finalized and the author gives insights of the work that lies ahead.

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托马斯·潘恩（Thomas Paine）作品集进展中的注释

潘恩仍然是美国和法国革命最重要的贡献者，他们没有出版可靠的著作集。潘恩所有现有的作品集都达不到学术标准。至少有 26 篇潘恩的文本已被取消署名，最近有 17 篇被添加到他的收藏中。基于现代学术标准的完整版本仍有待最终确定，作者对未来的工作提出了见解。