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The Old World patterns of life , in which a man lived like his father and his father's father before him , could not long survive in the New World , where a man had to adapt himself to the realities of the situation in which he found ...
The Old World patterns of life , in which a man lived like his father and his father's father before him , could not long survive in the New World , where a man had to adapt himself to the realities of the situation in which he found ...
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I continued thus employed in my father's business for two years , that is till I was 12 years old ; and my brother ... father , married and set up for himself at Rhode Island , there was all appearance that I was destined to supply his ...
I continued thus employed in my father's business for two years , that is till I was 12 years old ; and my brother ... father , married and set up for himself at Rhode Island , there was all appearance that I was destined to supply his ...
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My father at last fixed upon the cutler's trade , and my Uncle Benjamin's son Samuel , who was bred to that business in London , being about that time established in Boston , I was sent to be with him some time on liking .
My father at last fixed upon the cutler's trade , and my Uncle Benjamin's son Samuel , who was bred to that business in London , being about that time established in Boston , I was sent to be with him some time on liking .
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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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