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Then I made my self as tidy as I could , and went to AnI drew Bradford the printer's . I found in the shop the old man his father , whom I had seen at New York , and who travelling on horse back had got to Philadelphia before me .
Then I made my self as tidy as I could , and went to AnI drew Bradford the printer's . I found in the shop the old man his father , whom I had seen at New York , and who travelling on horse back had got to Philadelphia before me .
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Printers are educated in the belief , that when men differ in opinion , both sides ought equally to have the advantage ... and without the least ill will to the persons reflected on , who nevertheless unjustly think the printer as much ...
Printers are educated in the belief , that when men differ in opinion , both sides ought equally to have the advantage ... and without the least ill will to the persons reflected on , who nevertheless unjustly think the printer as much ...
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One took the opportunity of telling us that in a certain edition of the Bible , the printer had , where David says I am fearfully and wonderfully made , omitted the letter e in the last word , so that it was , I am fearfully and ...
One took the opportunity of telling us that in a certain edition of the Bible , the printer had , where David says I am fearfully and wonderfully made , omitted the letter e in the last word , so that it was , I am fearfully and ...
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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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