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Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin , and D. Hall , Mdccliv . About the end of the year 1750 , some persons , who had frequent opportunities of observing the distress of such distempered poor as from time ...
Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin , and D. Hall , Mdccliv . About the end of the year 1750 , some persons , who had frequent opportunities of observing the distress of such distempered poor as from time ...
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That with the numbers of people the number of " lunaticks , or persons distempered in mind , and deprived " of their rational faculties , hath greatly encreased in this “ Province . “ That some of them going at large are a terror to ...
That with the numbers of people the number of " lunaticks , or persons distempered in mind , and deprived " of their rational faculties , hath greatly encreased in this “ Province . “ That some of them going at large are a terror to ...
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It is therefore hoped , that by additional benefactions from pious and benevolent persons ( an account of which will be published yearly according to law ) this charity may ...
It is therefore hoped , that by additional benefactions from pious and benevolent persons ( an account of which will be published yearly according to law ) this charity may ...
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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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