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... and who encouraged in like manner all my uincles to improve their minds .
Thomas thus rendered himself competent to the functions of a country attorney :
soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village : and was one of
the ...
... and who encouraged in like manner all my uincles to improve their minds .
Thomas thus rendered himself competent to the functions of a country attorney :
soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village : and was one of
the ...
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Without entering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of
speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed , that though I had the
advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my ...
Without entering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of
speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed , that though I had the
advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my ...
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In the latter I found a model of disputation after the manner of Socrates . Shortly
after I procured Xenophon's work , entitled , Memorable Things of Socrates , in
which are various examples of the same method . Charmed to a degree of ...
In the latter I found a model of disputation after the manner of Socrates . Shortly
after I procured Xenophon's work , entitled , Memorable Things of Socrates , in
which are various examples of the same method . Charmed to a degree of ...
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... I could wish that intelligent and well - meaning men would not themselves
diminish the powers they possess of being useful , by a positive and
presumtuous manner of expressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to
disgust the hearer ...
... I could wish that intelligent and well - meaning men would not themselves
diminish the powers they possess of being useful , by a positive and
presumtuous manner of expressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to
disgust the hearer ...
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In short , if you wish to inform , a positive and dogmatical manner of advancing
your opinion may provoke contradiction , and prevent your being heard with
attention . On the other hand , if , with a desire of being informed , and of benefit .
ting ...
In short , if you wish to inform , a positive and dogmatical manner of advancing
your opinion may provoke contradiction , and prevent your being heard with
attention . On the other hand , if , with a desire of being informed , and of benefit .
ting ...
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Verlag | S. Andrus and Son, 1847 |
| Original von | University of California, Irvine |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Juni 2017 |
| Länge | 304 Seiten |
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