Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... HUMAN LIFE . TO MADAME BRILLON , OF PASSY . Written in 1778 . You may remember , my dear friend , that when we lately spent that happy day in the delightful gar- den and sweet society of the Moulin Joly , I stop- ped a little in one of ...
... HUMAN LIFE . TO MADAME BRILLON , OF PASSY . Written in 1778 . You may remember , my dear friend , that when we lately spent that happy day in the delightful gar- den and sweet society of the Moulin Joly , I stop- ped a little in one of ...
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... human life compared with eternity . In illustrating this argument , he quotes a passage of natural his- tory from Aristotle , concerning a species of insects on the banks of the river Hypanis , that never out live the day in which they ...
... human life compared with eternity . In illustrating this argument , he quotes a passage of natural his- tory from Aristotle , concerning a species of insects on the banks of the river Hypanis , that never out live the day in which they ...
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... human being . He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors , which has not yet found its fellow , and , therefore , is not even half so useful as they might be together . " I hardly know which to admire most , the won- derful ...
... human being . He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors , which has not yet found its fellow , and , therefore , is not even half so useful as they might be together . " I hardly know which to admire most , the won- derful ...
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