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... affairs of the town , or of the church to which he belonged , and that they paid
much defference to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting
him in their private affairs ; and he was often chosen arbiter between contending
...
... affairs of the town , or of the church to which he belonged , and that they paid
much defference to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting
him in their private affairs ; and he was often chosen arbiter between contending
...
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I maintained the opposite opinion , a little , perhaps , for the pleasure of disputing
. He was naturally more eloquent than 1 ; words flowed copiously from his lips ;
and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the ...
I maintained the opposite opinion , a little , perhaps , for the pleasure of disputing
. He was naturally more eloquent than 1 ; words flowed copiously from his lips ;
and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the ...
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... with modest diffidence , and never making use , when I advanced my
proposition which might be controverted , of the words certainly , undoubtedly , or
any others that might give the appearance of being obstinately attached to my
opinion .
... with modest diffidence , and never making use , when I advanced my
proposition which might be controverted , of the words certainly , undoubtedly , or
any others that might give the appearance of being obstinately attached to my
opinion .
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In short , if you wish to inform , a positive and dogmatical manner of advancing
your opinion may provoke contradiction ... you express yourselves as being
strongly attached to your own opinions , modest and sensible men , who do not
love ...
In short , if you wish to inform , a positive and dogmatical manner of advancing
your opinion may provoke contradiction ... you express yourselves as being
strongly attached to your own opinions , modest and sensible men , who do not
love ...
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Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this
undertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being
, in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however , in 1771 , there
are no ...
Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this
undertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being
, in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however , in 1771 , there
are no ...
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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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