"Translate" the following passage from Common Sense into a more modern interpretation of what Thomas Paine was trying to say. "Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet; and as England and America. . . reverse the common order of nature, it is evident that they belong to different systems. England to Europe: America to itself. . . ."