Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 47
... thought and did and to see him a defender of the rights and principles that were upheld by the founders of our country : as a representative of the high ideals of the eighteenth century - the freedom to think , write and publish without ...
... thought and did and to see him a defender of the rights and principles that were upheld by the founders of our country : as a representative of the high ideals of the eighteenth century - the freedom to think , write and publish without ...
Page 182
... thought suitable to erect buildings on for this purpose ; and agreeing in judgment , that one particular lot belong- ing to the Proprietaries would suit as well or better than any other , they drew up the following respectful address ...
... thought suitable to erect buildings on for this purpose ; and agreeing in judgment , that one particular lot belong- ing to the Proprietaries would suit as well or better than any other , they drew up the following respectful address ...
Page 226
... thought ) finds the basic elements of Franklin's outlook . His political think- ing was " based upon observation , ... a reading of history , and from observation of societies that he knew - including an especially acute analysis of the ...
... thought ) finds the basic elements of Franklin's outlook . His political think- ing was " based upon observation , ... a reading of history , and from observation of societies that he knew - including an especially acute analysis of the ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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