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But being still a boy , and suspecting that my brother would object to printing any thing of mine in his paper if he knew it to be mine , I contrived to disguise my hand , and writing an anonymous paper I put it in at night under the ...
But being still a boy , and suspecting that my brother would object to printing any thing of mine in his paper if he knew it to be mine , I contrived to disguise my hand , and writing an anonymous paper I put it in at night under the ...
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copies , their hand is mended by the endeavour , and is tolerable while it continues fair & legible . It may be well my posterity should be informed that to this little artifice , with the blessing of God , their ancestor owed the ...
copies , their hand is mended by the endeavour , and is tolerable while it continues fair & legible . It may be well my posterity should be informed that to this little artifice , with the blessing of God , their ancestor owed the ...
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arm as you take it down hand over hand , till the book comes to you ; which would drop from between the thumb and finger if the sinew was let loose . All new tools require some practice before we can become expert in the use of them .
arm as you take it down hand over hand , till the book comes to you ; which would drop from between the thumb and finger if the sinew was let loose . All new tools require some practice before we can become expert in the use of them .
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 27 |
THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE | 68 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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