Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania, Ausgabe 2Francis Newton Thorpe U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - 450 Seiten |
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... persons in a similar con- dition , and it was later formulated by him as a method in education ; it was to take the best writings of the day and to imitate them . Hap- pily for him , Addison was giving the " Spectator " to the world ...
... persons in a similar con- dition , and it was later formulated by him as a method in education ; it was to take the best writings of the day and to imitate them . Hap- pily for him , Addison was giving the " Spectator " to the world ...
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... persons think almost as highly of their own infallibity as they do of their sect , few express it so naturally as a certain French lady , who , in a dispute with her sister said : " I do not know how it happens , sister , but I meet ...
... persons think almost as highly of their own infallibity as they do of their sect , few express it so naturally as a certain French lady , who , in a dispute with her sister said : " I do not know how it happens , sister , but I meet ...
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... persons , the mischief of superstition , and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others , ancient or modern . In other words , Franklin found religion in the world and he conclu- ded that it was a necessary element in ...
... persons , the mischief of superstition , and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others , ancient or modern . In other words , Franklin found religion in the world and he conclu- ded that it was a necessary element in ...
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... person whose disorderly behavior may be so scandalous and so notorious that we may do wl to send unto the said person our charitable admonitions ? Or are there any coutending persons whom we should admonish , to quench their contentions ...
... person whose disorderly behavior may be so scandalous and so notorious that we may do wl to send unto the said person our charitable admonitions ? Or are there any coutending persons whom we should admonish , to quench their contentions ...
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... persons , etc. This will make them read with attention , and imprint the history well in their memories . In remarking on the history the master will have fine op- portunities of instilling instruction of various kinds , and improving ...
... persons , etc. This will make them read with attention , and imprint the history well in their memories . In remarking on the history the master will have fine op- portunities of instilling instruction of various kinds , and improving ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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;...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...