 | John Martin Vincent - 1895 - 620 pages
...leave the old hemisphere. "America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo. But you are the first philosopher and indeed the first...great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her." In reply, Franklin wrote that the value of everything depends on the " proportion of the quantity to... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1895 - 650 pages
...leave the old hemisphere. " America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo. But you are the first philosopher and indeed the first...great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her." In reply, Franklin wrote that the value of everything depends on the " proportion of the quantity to... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 508 pages
...one. REQUIRED READING. — Selections from Hutchinson' 's History. IV. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 1706-1790. " The first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to America." — David Hume. Pennsylvania. — (See Goldwin Smith's On the Foundation of the American... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 496 pages
...one. REQUIRED READING. — Selections from Hutchinson's History. IV. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 1706-1790. " The first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to America." —David Hume. Pennsylvania. — (See Goldwin Smith's On the Foundation of the American Colonies,... | |
 | Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association - 1898 - 530 pages
...sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar and indigo, — but you are the first philosopher and the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her;" — and from France the message was sent to him, "Your name is venerated in this country." But on this... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1903 - 1300 pages
...1 aiii STIT America has sent us many good things — gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, etr-.— but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters f> •• " whom we are beholden to her." This letter is evidence of the sympathy Hume and Franklin/'... | |
 | Charles Felton Pidgin - 1904 - 358 pages
...leave our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, etc., but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the...great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to you. It is our fault that we have not kept you; whence it appears that we do not agree with Solomon,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 502 pages
...intend soon to leave our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and...send back an ounce of the latter, which we once lay ou* / fingers upon. ' I saw yesterday our friend Sir Alexander Dick, who desired me to present his... | |
 | Pieter Harting, Willem Martinus Logeman, Douwe Lubach, Eliza van der Ven, Hugo de Vries - 1906 - 502 pages
...our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo etc;butyou are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great...her. It is our own fault that we have not kept him . '' Zulk een lofspraak van zulk een man moet voor FRANKLIN een groote voldoening geweest zijn. Het... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 pages
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, — gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, and so forth; thy hall, and sound upon the bossy shield." Do you...dear Madam, when I stopped with you at the gate of HUME, DAVID, 1762, Letter to Franklin, May 10. One of the first philosophers, one of the most eminent... | |
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I am very sorry, that you intend soon to leave our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her. 
