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Tho ' I seldom attended any public worship , I had still an opinion of its propriety , and of its utility when rightly conducted , and I regularly paid my annual subscription for the support of the only Presbyterian minister or meeting ...
Tho ' I seldom attended any public worship , I had still an opinion of its propriety , and of its utility when rightly conducted , and I regularly paid my annual subscription for the support of the only Presbyterian minister or meeting ...
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Sir , I mentioned it yesterday to your Excellency as my opinion , that excluding the people of the colonies from all share in the choice of the grand council , would probably give extreme dissatisfaction , as well as the taxing them by ...
Sir , I mentioned it yesterday to your Excellency as my opinion , that excluding the people of the colonies from all share in the choice of the grand council , would probably give extreme dissatisfaction , as well as the taxing them by ...
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Printers are educated in the belief , that when men differ in opinion , both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the publick ; and that when truth and error have fair play , the former is always an overmatch for ...
Printers are educated in the belief , that when men differ in opinion , both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the publick ; and that when truth and error have fair play , the former is always an overmatch for ...
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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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