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... mean living many so edu- cated were afterwards able to obtain " was a sufficient proof to Frank- lin's father that ... means he turned our attention to what was good , just , and prudent , in the conduct of life . " This insight into ...
... mean living many so edu- cated were afterwards able to obtain " was a sufficient proof to Frank- lin's father that ... means he turned our attention to what was good , just , and prudent , in the conduct of life . " This insight into ...
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... means of ventilation ; numerous discoveries in electricity ; the determination of the temperature of the Gulf Stream ; the consumption by a fire of its own smoke ; the construction of water- tight compartments in ships ; and others . So ...
... means of ventilation ; numerous discoveries in electricity ; the determination of the temperature of the Gulf Stream ; the consumption by a fire of its own smoke ; the construction of water- tight compartments in ships ; and others . So ...
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... means of their education was books . It was Dr. Johnson who said , " Read anything five hours a day and you will soon be learned . " Franklin and Johnson were the two great men of that cen- tury who owed their power and place in life to ...
... means of their education was books . It was Dr. Johnson who said , " Read anything five hours a day and you will soon be learned . " Franklin and Johnson were the two great men of that cen- tury who owed their power and place in life to ...
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... means among fifty readers we scarcely find a good one . For want of good reading , pieces published with a view to influence the minds of men for their own or the public benefit lose half their force . Were there but one good reader in ...
... means among fifty readers we scarcely find a good one . For want of good reading , pieces published with a view to influence the minds of men for their own or the public benefit lose half their force . Were there but one good reader in ...
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Francis Newton Thorpe. public benefit , and reading , the means by which the thought of the book was made public , should be taught to the advantage of the whole nation . There will be occasion frequently to refer to Franklin's plan for ...
Francis Newton Thorpe. public benefit , and reading , the means by which the thought of the book was made public , should be taught to the advantage of the whole nation . There will be occasion frequently to refer to Franklin's plan for ...
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Page 9 - At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life...
Page 13 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Page 173 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 74 - An Act for the further security of his Majesty's Person and Government, and the Succession of the Crown in the heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants ; and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open abettors.
Page 27 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues, on which line and in its proper column I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue upon that day.
Page 162 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Page 120 - I would have the managers of the donation to the town of Boston then lay out, at their discretion, one hundred thousand pounds in public works, which may be judged of most general utility to the inhabitants, such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, public buildings, baths, pavements, or whatever may make living in the town more convenient to its people, and render it more agreeable to strangers resorting thither for health or a temporary residence.
Page 122 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
Page 173 - Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Page 122 - ... to see ; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his Divinity...