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... Look round the habitable world , how few Know their own good , or knowing it , pursue . ' 97. Defence of Western Pennsylvania . In Braddock's disas- trous campaign , Franklin rendered the proud and over - confident general important aid ...
... Look round the habitable world , how few Know their own good , or knowing it , pursue . ' 97. Defence of Western Pennsylvania . In Braddock's disas- trous campaign , Franklin rendered the proud and over - confident general important aid ...
Page 125
... look upon the world for themselves . Patient toilers carefully accumulated facts upon which to base their conclusions . All the natural sciences were wonderfully expanded . The origin of man , the history of the past , the laws of ...
... look upon the world for themselves . Patient toilers carefully accumulated facts upon which to base their conclusions . All the natural sciences were wonderfully expanded . The origin of man , the history of the past , the laws of ...
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... look on the pleasant side of things . " I endeavor , " he said , “ to be pleased with everything about me , and with the masters , mis- tresses , and servants of the inns , particularly when I perceive they have all the dispositions in ...
... look on the pleasant side of things . " I endeavor , " he said , “ to be pleased with everything about me , and with the masters , mis- tresses , and servants of the inns , particularly when I perceive they have all the dispositions in ...
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... look on the darker side of human nature or human life . He would not believe that wisdom consists in a knowledge of the wickedness of men , and confessed that he entertained " a most melancholy good opinion and good will for the great ...
... look on the darker side of human nature or human life . He would not believe that wisdom consists in a knowledge of the wickedness of men , and confessed that he entertained " a most melancholy good opinion and good will for the great ...
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... look , " we find him in 1823 again in Paris . Its gayeties had an attraction for him . He worked at irregular intervals , for he was almost wholly depend- ent upon impulse or inspiration . When the inspiration was on him , he wrote very ...
... look , " we find him in 1823 again in Paris . Its gayeties had an attraction for him . He worked at irregular intervals , for he was almost wholly depend- ent upon impulse or inspiration . When the inspiration was on him , he wrote very ...
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