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I have considered that , among artisans , good apprentices are most likely to make good citizens , and , having myself been bred to a manual art , printing , in my native town , and afterwards assisted to set up my business in ...
I have considered that , among artisans , good apprentices are most likely to make good citizens , and , having myself been bred to a manual art , printing , in my native town , and afterwards assisted to set up my business in ...
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... and then some may be spared to the neighbouring or other towns in the said State of Massachusetts , who may desire ... punctually the interest and the portions of the principal , annually , to the inhabitants of the town of Boston .
... and then some may be spared to the neighbouring or other towns in the said State of Massachusetts , who may desire ... punctually the interest and the portions of the principal , annually , to the inhabitants of the town of Boston .
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numbers inoculated in every neighbourhood spread the infection likewise more speedily among those who did not chuse inoculation ; so that in a few months the distemper went thro ' the town , and was extinct ; and the trade of the town ...
numbers inoculated in every neighbourhood spread the infection likewise more speedily among those who did not chuse inoculation ; so that in a few months the distemper went thro ' the town , and was extinct ; and the trade of the town ...
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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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