Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 148
... particular interests in business by more extensive recommendation , and the increase of our influence in public affairs , and our power of doing good by spreading thro ' the several clubs the sentiments of the Junto . " Five or six such ...
... particular interests in business by more extensive recommendation , and the increase of our influence in public affairs , and our power of doing good by spreading thro ' the several clubs the sentiments of the Junto . " Five or six such ...
Page 212
... particular method of making and managing it , may at least be thought worth consider- ation . The new fire - places are a late invention to that pur- pose , ( experienced now three winters by a great number of families in Pennsylvania ) ...
... particular method of making and managing it , may at least be thought worth consider- ation . The new fire - places are a late invention to that pur- pose , ( experienced now three winters by a great number of families in Pennsylvania ) ...
Page 281
... particular . I consider the variety of humors among men , and despair of pleasing everybody ; yet I shall not therefore leave off printing . I shall continue my busi- ness . I shall not burn my press and melt my letters . A Second ...
... particular . I consider the variety of humors among men , and despair of pleasing everybody ; yet I shall not therefore leave off printing . I shall continue my busi- ness . I shall not burn my press and melt my letters . A Second ...
Contents
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
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