Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 107
... advantage gained by my being able to write . The utility of this cur- rency became by time and experience so evident ... advantages , as they were great encour- agements . He procured me also the printing of the laws and votes of that ...
... advantage gained by my being able to write . The utility of this cur- rency became by time and experience so evident ... advantages , as they were great encour- agements . He procured me also the printing of the laws and votes of that ...
Page 211
... advantages above every other method of warming rooms demonstrated ; and all ob- jections that have been raised against the use of them answered and obviated . With directions for putting them up , and for using them to the best advantage ...
... advantages above every other method of warming rooms demonstrated ; and all ob- jections that have been raised against the use of them answered and obviated . With directions for putting them up , and for using them to the best advantage ...
Page 260
... advantages arising from this scheme being carried into execution are obvious . In the course of fifty years it is probable we shall not have one rebellious subject in North America . This will be laying the axe to the root of the tree ...
... advantages arising from this scheme being carried into execution are obvious . In the course of fifty years it is probable we shall not have one rebellious subject in North America . This will be laying the axe to the root of the tree ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
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