Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 68
... called them " errata . " It offers proof that there is no limit to what a man of virtue can achieve in a land of opportunity : America . The introductory section printed below is taken from the first part of Franklin's autobiography ...
... called them " errata . " It offers proof that there is no limit to what a man of virtue can achieve in a land of opportunity : America . The introductory section printed below is taken from the first part of Franklin's autobiography ...
Page 74
... 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 . This bookish inclination at length ...
... 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 . This bookish inclination at length ...
Page 281
... called a fool for troubling himself about the different opinions of all that were pleased to find fault with him . Therefore , tho ' I have a temper almost as complying as his , I intend not to imitate him in this last particular . I ...
... called a fool for troubling himself about the different opinions of all that were pleased to find fault with him . Therefore , tho ' I have a temper almost as complying as his , I intend not to imitate him in this last particular . I ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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