The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 2Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... live solely by the labor of their hands . This is always the most numerous class in a state ; and , conse- quently , that community cannot be pronounced happy , in which , from the lowness and insufficiency of wages , the laboring class ...
... live solely by the labor of their hands . This is always the most numerous class in a state ; and , conse- quently , that community cannot be pronounced happy , in which , from the lowness and insufficiency of wages , the laboring class ...
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... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts , wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a little in this way . We sell our victuals to the ...
... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts , wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a little in this way . We sell our victuals to the ...
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... live upon the public , by some office or salary , will be de- spised and disregarded . The husbandman is in honor there , and even the mechanic , because their employ- ments are useful . The people have a saying , that God Almighty is ...
... live upon the public , by some office or salary , will be de- spised and disregarded . The husbandman is in honor there , and even the mechanic , because their employ- ments are useful . The people have a saying , that God Almighty is ...
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Rules for a Club established for Mutual Improvement | 9 |
Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio concerning | 46 |
Public | 57 |
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