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... expression . He gave up his dogmatic manner in conversation and argument ; and in place of positive assertion , he formed the habit of introducing his opinions with modest diffidence . He recognized the truth of Pope's lines : - " Men ...
... expression . He gave up his dogmatic manner in conversation and argument ; and in place of positive assertion , he formed the habit of introducing his opinions with modest diffidence . He recognized the truth of Pope's lines : - " Men ...
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... expressions . " And this mode , " he says , " which I at first put on with some violence to natural inclination ... expression escape me . And to this habit ( after my character of integrity ) I think it principally owing that I had ...
... expressions . " And this mode , " he says , " which I at first put on with some violence to natural inclination ... expression escape me . And to this habit ( after my character of integrity ) I think it principally owing that I had ...
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... expression to Franklin's achievements in the famous line : - 66 ' Eripuit coelo fulmen , sceptrumque tyrannis . " 1 A It was chiefly through his influence that the independence of the United States was recognized by France , and that ...
... expression to Franklin's achievements in the famous line : - 66 ' Eripuit coelo fulmen , sceptrumque tyrannis . " 1 A It was chiefly through his influence that the independence of the United States was recognized by France , and that ...
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... expression . At graduation he stood head and shoulders above his class . 108. Religious Experience . Religion , which became the dominant interest of his subsequent life , engaged his attention toward the end of his college course . He ...
... expression . At graduation he stood head and shoulders above his class . 108. Religious Experience . Religion , which became the dominant interest of his subsequent life , engaged his attention toward the end of his college course . He ...
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... expression , but to mould and move popular thought and action . CONTEMPORARY George III . , 1760-1820 . Stamp Act , 1765 . American War , 1775-1783 . War with France , 1793 . Union of Great Britain and Ireland , 1800 . EVENTS IN ENGLAND ...
... expression , but to mould and move popular thought and action . CONTEMPORARY George III . , 1760-1820 . Stamp Act , 1765 . American War , 1775-1783 . War with France , 1793 . Union of Great Britain and Ireland , 1800 . EVENTS IN ENGLAND ...
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