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At length a fresh difference arising between my brother and me , I took upon me to assert my freedom , presuming that he would not venture to produce the new indentures . It was not fair in me to take this advantage , and this I ...
At length a fresh difference arising between my brother and me , I took upon me to assert my freedom , presuming that he would not venture to produce the new indentures . It was not fair in me to take this advantage , and this I ...
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man , now came to me and worked with me constantly and diligently , and I took an apprentice , the son of Aquila Rose . I began now gradually to pay off the debt I was under for the printing - house . In order to secure my credit and ...
man , now came to me and worked with me constantly and diligently , and I took an apprentice , the son of Aquila Rose . I began now gradually to pay off the debt I was under for the printing - house . In order to secure my credit and ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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