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Finding this change troublesome , and not always sufficiently ready , I had the glasses cut , and half of each kind associated in the same circle , thus , Least convex for distant objects Least convex Most convex for 206 BENJAMIN ...
Finding this change troublesome , and not always sufficiently ready , I had the glasses cut , and half of each kind associated in the same circle , thus , Least convex for distant objects Least convex Most convex for 206 BENJAMIN ...
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out the flowing metal to cast large plates , and not the least smell of it to be perceived . That hot iron does not , like lead , brass , and some other metals , give out unwholesome vapours , is plain from the general health and ...
out the flowing metal to cast large plates , and not the least smell of it to be perceived . That hot iron does not , like lead , brass , and some other metals , give out unwholesome vapours , is plain from the general health and ...
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I had not so much curiosity at that time as to enquire the meaning of it , nor did I in the least imagine it would give so much offence . Several good men are very angry with me on this occasion ; they are pleased to say I have too much ...
I had not so much curiosity at that time as to enquire the meaning of it , nor did I in the least imagine it would give so much offence . Several good men are very angry with me on this occasion ; they are pleased to say I have too much ...
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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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