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Page 51
... passed without the publication of a biography or a new edition of his works . His " Autobiog- raphy , " the most popular historical work of America , possesses a perennial interest . It is replete not only with in- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ...
... passed without the publication of a biography or a new edition of his works . His " Autobiog- raphy , " the most popular historical work of America , possesses a perennial interest . It is replete not only with in- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ...
Page 58
... passed to Latin , for which he found the " preceding languages had greatly smoothed the way . " Thus he was led by experience to recognize the truth of the maxim of Comenius , that " the nearer should precede the more remote . " Hence ...
... passed to Latin , for which he found the " preceding languages had greatly smoothed the way . " Thus he was led by experience to recognize the truth of the maxim of Comenius , that " the nearer should precede the more remote . " Hence ...
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... passed through the deep spiritual conflicts that so often , especially under the Puri- tan type of faith , are associated with profoundly earnest natures . But at last his spiritual struggles issued in a sweet sense of the glorious ...
... passed through the deep spiritual conflicts that so often , especially under the Puri- tan type of faith , are associated with profoundly earnest natures . But at last his spiritual struggles issued in a sweet sense of the glorious ...
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... passed . The following year he was married to Miss Pierrepont of New Haven , a lady who added to unusual intellec- tual gifts and attainments an executive ability and considerate sympathy that fitted her in an eminent degree to be the ...
... passed . The following year he was married to Miss Pierrepont of New Haven , a lady who added to unusual intellec- tual gifts and attainments an executive ability and considerate sympathy that fitted her in an eminent degree to be the ...
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... passed boldly declaring that the right of levying taxes in Virginia belonged to themselves ; that they possessed the privi- lege of petitioning the king for a redress of grievances ; and that the transportation to England of persons ...
... passed boldly declaring that the right of levying taxes in Virginia belonged to themselves ; that they possessed the privi- lege of petitioning the king for a redress of grievances ; and that the transportation to England of persons ...
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