Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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... considered in our contempo- rary scientific language ( mathematics , logic ) to be prop- ositions which are assumed without proof solely for the purpose of exploring the consequences or logical deduc- tions which follow from them . But ...
... considered in our contempo- rary scientific language ( mathematics , logic ) to be prop- ositions which are assumed without proof solely for the purpose of exploring the consequences or logical deduc- tions which follow from them . But ...
Page 80
... considered a little more by my brother's acquaintance , and in a manner that did not quite please him , as he thought , probably with reason , that it tended to make me too vain . And perhaps this might be one occasion of the ...
... considered a little more by my brother's acquaintance , and in a manner that did not quite please him , as he thought , probably with reason , that it tended to make me too vain . And perhaps this might be one occasion of the ...
Page 157
... New England , and owe my first instructions in literature to the free grammar - schools established there . I have , therefore , already considered these schools in my will . * But I am Self - Improvement and Mutual Aid 157.
... New England , and owe my first instructions in literature to the free grammar - schools established there . I have , therefore , already considered these schools in my will . * But I am Self - Improvement and Mutual Aid 157.
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
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