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text_A: Paine connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity , structuring it as if it were a sermon .
text_B: and probably had little direct effect on Congress 's thinking about independence ; its importance was in stimulating public debate on a topic that few had previously dared to openly discuss .
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