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The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refused it on account of my rowing ; but I insisted on their taking it , a man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than ...
The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refused it on account of my rowing ; but I insisted on their taking it , a man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than ...
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I gave him what he demanded and he went soon after to Carolina ; from whence he sent me next year two long letters , containing the best account that had been given of that country , the climate , soil , husbandry , etc. , for in those ...
I gave him what he demanded and he went soon after to Carolina ; from whence he sent me next year two long letters , containing the best account that had been given of that country , the climate , soil , husbandry , etc. , for in those ...
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Franklin wrote in later life that he did “ not remember any of my political manoeuvres , the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure ” or that “ in after - thinking of it , I more easily excused myself for having made some ...
Franklin wrote in later life that he did “ not remember any of my political manoeuvres , the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure ” or that “ in after - thinking of it , I more easily excused myself for having made some ...
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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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