Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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... never found in Benjamin Franklin a kindred iconoclastic spirit and that apparently he never knew the gay and witty Franklin - master of the hoax and practical joke , writer of " tall stories , ” author of joyous drinking songs and lover ...
... never found in Benjamin Franklin a kindred iconoclastic spirit and that apparently he never knew the gay and witty Franklin - master of the hoax and practical joke , writer of " tall stories , ” author of joyous drinking songs and lover ...
Page 120
... never was without some religious principles ; I never doubted , for instance , the ex- istance of the Deity , that He made the world , & governed it by His Providence ; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to Man ...
... never was without some religious principles ; I never doubted , for instance , the ex- istance of the Deity , that He made the world , & governed it by His Providence ; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to Man ...
Page 140
... never found again ; and what we call time enough , always proves little enough : Let us then up and be doing , and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less per- plexity . Sloth makes all things difficult , but ...
... never found again ; and what we call time enough , always proves little enough : Let us then up and be doing , and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less per- plexity . Sloth makes all things difficult , but ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
Copyright | |
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