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lin's explanation of the condenser's action , we may note , was considered by his contemporaries to have been one of his major contributions to science ; this discovery was useful because it increased man's understanding of nature's ...
lin's explanation of the condenser's action , we may note , was considered by his contemporaries to have been one of his major contributions to science ; this discovery was useful because it increased man's understanding of nature's ...
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Franklin was not a true philosopher in the sense that Jonathan Edwards was , but he was a natural philosopher- ... nature and the world were included within a single expression in a day when scientists were not merely physicists or ...
Franklin was not a true philosopher in the sense that Jonathan Edwards was , but he was a natural philosopher- ... nature and the world were included within a single expression in a day when scientists were not merely physicists or ...
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Hence the need for education : “ Learning , whether speculative or practical , is , in popular or mixt governments , the natural source of wealth and honor . ” We have already mentioned that Franklin was a confirmed abolitionist ...
Hence the need for education : “ Learning , whether speculative or practical , is , in popular or mixt governments , the natural source of wealth and honor . ” We have already mentioned that Franklin was a confirmed abolitionist ...
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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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