59:45 Read this quotation. But the most powerful of all arguments is that nothing but independence... can keep the peace of the continent and preserve it ... from civil wars. -Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 In this quotation, Paine suggests that independence O will prevent Britain from getting into more wars. O will help Britain rule the European continent. O cannot win a civil war with the colonies. O is the only way to keep peace in the colonies.