The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Journal of John Woolman ; Fruits of Solitude |
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... friends , that I should certainly make a good scholar , encour- aged him in this purpose of his . My uncle Benjamin , too , approved of it , and proposed to give me all his short - hand volumes of sermons , I suppose as a stock to set ...
... friends , that I should certainly make a good scholar , encour- aged him in this purpose of his . My uncle Benjamin , too , approved of it , and proposed to give me all his short - hand volumes of sermons , I suppose as a stock to set ...
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... friends from the undertaking , as not likely to succeed , one newspaper being , in their judgment , enough for America . At this time ( 1771 ) there are not less than five - and - twenty . He went on , however , with the undertaking ...
... friends from the undertaking , as not likely to succeed , one newspaper being , in their judgment , enough for America . At this time ( 1771 ) there are not less than five - and - twenty . He went on , however , with the undertaking ...
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... friend Collins , therefore , undertook to manage a little for me . He agreed with the captain of a New York sloop for ... friends would compel me to marry her , and therefore I could not appear or come away publicly 22 22 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... friend Collins , therefore , undertook to manage a little for me . He agreed with the captain of a New York sloop for ... friends would compel me to marry her , and therefore I could not appear or come away publicly 22 22 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... friend Collins , who was in my secret , and kept it when I wrote to him . At length , an incident happened that sent me ... friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assuring me of their good will to me , and that every thing would be ...
... friend Collins , who was in my secret , and kept it when I wrote to him . At length , an incident happened that sent me ... friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assuring me of their good will to me , and that every thing would be ...
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... friends , besides the letter of credit to furnish me with the necessary money for purchasing the press and types , paper , etc. For these letters I was appointed to call at different times , when they were to be ready , but a future ...
... friends , besides the letter of credit to furnish me with the necessary money for purchasing the press and types , paper , etc. For these letters I was appointed to call at different times , when they were to be ready , but a future ...
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Page 243 - Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things " and do them, and the God of peace shall be with you.
Page 86 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 26 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Page 19 - I conceive or apprehend a thing to be so and so; it appears to me, or I should think it so or so, for such and such reasons; or I imagine it to be so; or it is so, if I am not mistaken. This habit, I believe, has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time engaged in promoting...
Page 26 - I met a boy with bread. I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second street...
Page 83 - TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself ; avoid trifling conversation.
Page 87 - Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ? and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 79 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 47 - Those who continued sotting with beer all day, were often, by not paying, out of credit at the alehouse, and used to make interest with me to get beer; their light, as they phrased it, being out.
Page 200 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.