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It was well received by the common people in general ; but the rich men disliked it ; for it increased and strengthened the clamour for more money ; and they happening to have no them that were able to answer it , their opposition ...
It was well received by the common people in general ; but the rich men disliked it ; for it increased and strengthened the clamour for more money ; and they happening to have no them that were able to answer it , their opposition ...
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... as it did not then interfere with my private business , having the year before taken a very able , industrious & honest partner , Mr. David Hall , with whose character I was well acquainted , as he had worked for me four years .
... as it did not then interfere with my private business , having the year before taken a very able , industrious & honest partner , Mr. David Hall , with whose character I was well acquainted , as he had worked for me four years .
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When at last he found himself able to write to Jefferson , his mind was sharp and his memory precise , and he supplied the needed data to the accompaniment of these magnificent words : “ I am perfectly clear in the remembrance .
When at last he found himself able to write to Jefferson , his mind was sharp and his memory precise , and he supplied the needed data to the accompaniment of these magnificent words : “ I am perfectly clear in the remembrance .
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 27 |
THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE | 68 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American Tradition Makers of the American tradition series |
| Author | I. Bernard Cohen |
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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