The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c. Minister Plenipontentiary from the United States of America at the Court of France, and for the Treaty of Peace and Independence with Great Britain, &c. &c: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790, Illustrating the Memoirs of His Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of His Political Transactions and Negociations, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1817 |
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... effects of any in the history of modern ages . It is presumed , therefore , that little need be said on the value of the correspondence of DR , FRANKLIN , whose extraordinary abilities as a statesman were felt and acknowledged in both ...
... effects of any in the history of modern ages . It is presumed , therefore , that little need be said on the value of the correspondence of DR , FRANKLIN , whose extraordinary abilities as a statesman were felt and acknowledged in both ...
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... effect it has . As to the kindness you mention , I wish it could have been of more service to you . But if it had , the only thanks I should desire is , that you would always be One of the founders of the Methodists ; born at Glocester ...
... effect it has . As to the kindness you mention , I wish it could have been of more service to you . But if it had , the only thanks I should desire is , that you would always be One of the founders of the Methodists ; born at Glocester ...
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... effects . This amiable man seemed to have nothing else at heart , but the good of his fellow - creatures ; and the last act of his life was to take from his desk six dollars for a poor widow . against the practice , and I hope in time ...
... effects . This amiable man seemed to have nothing else at heart , but the good of his fellow - creatures ; and the last act of his life was to take from his desk six dollars for a poor widow . against the practice , and I hope in time ...
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... effects ! I hope therefore you and your friends will be encouraged to proceed : my hearty wishes of success attend you , being ever , my dear friend , Yours affectionately , B. FRANKLIN . To DR . PRIESTLEY . " Moral Algebra , or Method ...
... effects ! I hope therefore you and your friends will be encouraged to proceed : my hearty wishes of success attend you , being ever , my dear friend , Yours affectionately , B. FRANKLIN . To DR . PRIESTLEY . " Moral Algebra , or Method ...
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... effect of full living and idleness . A month in Bridewell , beating hemp upon bread and water , would give you health and spirits , and subsequent cheerfulness and con- tentment , with every other situation . I prescribe that regimen ...
... effect of full living and idleness . A month in Bridewell , beating hemp upon bread and water , would give you health and spirits , and subsequent cheerfulness and con- tentment , with every other situation . I prescribe that regimen ...
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Page 139 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly...
Page 149 - When I was a boy I met with a book entitled "Essays to Do Good," which I think was written by your father.* It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life, for I have always set a greater value...
Page 278 - As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see...
Page 322 - What the event will be, God only knows. But some punishment seems preparing for a people, who are ungratefully abusing the best constitution, and the best King, any nation was ever blessed with, intent on nothing but luxury, licentiousness, power, places, pensions, and plunder...
Page 126 - At length we are in peace, God be praised, and long, very long, may it continue! All wars are follies, very expensive, and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration ? Were they to do it, even by the cast of a die, it would be better than by fighting and destroying each other.
Page 52 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.
Page 150 - I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me : "You are young, and have the world before you : stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Page 130 - America, too, is extremely sensible of his benevolence and great beneficence towards her, and will ever revere his memory. These volumes are a proof of what I have sometimes had occasion to say, in encouraging people to undertake difficult public services, that it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man, if he will make a business of it.
Page 280 - I will not enter into any discussion of your principles, though you seem to desire it. At present I shall only give you my opinion that, though your...
Page 266 - Our new Constitution is now established, and has an. appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.