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As a matter of fact , Franklin firmly believed that truth could , by his definition , survive every experiential test which falsehood would necessarily fail ; so it is very much in keeping with his character of empiricist that he ...
As a matter of fact , Franklin firmly believed that truth could , by his definition , survive every experiential test which falsehood would necessarily fail ; so it is very much in keeping with his character of empiricist that he ...
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... philosophers a suspicion that the matter of lightning was the same with the electric matter . Experiments afterwards made on lightning obtained from the clouds by pointed rods , received into bottles , and subjected to every trial ...
... philosophers a suspicion that the matter of lightning was the same with the electric matter . Experiments afterwards made on lightning obtained from the clouds by pointed rods , received into bottles , and subjected to every trial ...
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Say not thou that the former times were better than these ; for thou dost not enquire rightly concerning that matter . ' “ But the inconsistence that strikes me the most is , that between the name of your city , Philadelphia ...
Say not thou that the former times were better than these ; for thou dost not enquire rightly concerning that matter . ' “ But the inconsistence that strikes me the most is , that between the name of your city , Philadelphia ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 27 |
THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE | 68 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
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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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