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... matter - of - fact and rather cold - blooded savant - philosopher . He never had the reputation of being a very agreeable man : but he was in his best years ; he was far in advance of the best learning of his days ; he was thinking and ...
... matter - of - fact and rather cold - blooded savant - philosopher . He never had the reputation of being a very agreeable man : but he was in his best years ; he was far in advance of the best learning of his days ; he was thinking and ...
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... matter and be contented if he should not prove quite so good . " " When Franklin went to France in 1776 , he took this grandson with him , to “ give him a little French language and address . " With still other ends in view , so soon as ...
... matter and be contented if he should not prove quite so good . " " When Franklin went to France in 1776 , he took this grandson with him , to “ give him a little French language and address . " With still other ends in view , so soon as ...
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... matter - of- fact Scotchman , large - framed and athletic , fond of outdoor games , machinery , ship- building , -all strong , muscular pursuits , - he naturally sympathized with the powerful , and preferred the masculine to the ...
... matter - of- fact Scotchman , large - framed and athletic , fond of outdoor games , machinery , ship- building , -all strong , muscular pursuits , - he naturally sympathized with the powerful , and preferred the masculine to the ...
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1898. made his statements in such a matter - of - fact way , that I listened to him with the same fascinated attention I had given to the theory of telegraphy without wires , when it was first propounded to me . In fact , I had been so ...
1898. made his statements in such a matter - of - fact way , that I listened to him with the same fascinated attention I had given to the theory of telegraphy without wires , when it was first propounded to me . In fact , I had been so ...
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... matter how those mental conditions had been brought about . allows me to adapt myself to various condi- tions , and my habits of prudence prevent me from seeking to occupy any position which may be dangerous to me by making me con ...
... matter how those mental conditions had been brought about . allows me to adapt myself to various condi- tions , and my habits of prudence prevent me from seeking to occupy any position which may be dangerous to me by making me con ...
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Seite 138 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Seite 505 - AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Seite 397 - ... that if he would give me, weekly, half the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me.
Seite 405 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Seite 514 - Here is my creed. I believe in one God, the creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is doing good to His other children. That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.
Seite 399 - ... the best school of philosophy, morality, and politics that then existed in the province; for our queries, which were read the week preceding their discussion, put us upon reading with attention...
Seite 396 - I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
Seite 397 - ... which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
Seite 515 - Being in conducting me prosperously through a long life, I have no doubt of its continuance in the next, though without the smallest conceit of meriting such goodness.
Seite 396 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too...