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There was also a book of Defoe's , called an Essay on Projects , and another of Dr. Mather's , called Essays to do Good , which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life .
There was also a book of Defoe's , called an Essay on Projects , and another of Dr. Mather's , called Essays to do Good , which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life .
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It was the second that appeared in America , and was called The New England Courant . The only one before it was The Boston News Letter . I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking , as not likely to ...
It was the second that appeared in America , and was called The New England Courant . The only one before it was The Boston News Letter . I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking , as not likely to ...
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a met another company , who called them a couple of senseless blockheads , for going both on foot in such a dirty way , when they had an empty ass with them which they might ride upon . The old man could bear no longer .
a met another company , who called them a couple of senseless blockheads , for going both on foot in such a dirty way , when they had an empty ass with them which they might ride upon . The old man could bear no longer .
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 27 |
THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE | 68 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
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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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