Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania, Número 2Francis Newton Thorpe U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - 450 páginas |
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... secured on the high- lands of Philadelphia overlooking the valley of the Schuylkill , twenty buildings for a great variety of purposes have been erected at a cost of $ 1,500,000 , and the scope of the University has been enlarged by the ...
... secured on the high- lands of Philadelphia overlooking the valley of the Schuylkill , twenty buildings for a great variety of purposes have been erected at a cost of $ 1,500,000 , and the scope of the University has been enlarged by the ...
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... secured by common agreement , by the singing of songs , and by diversions of various kinds . The influence of the Junto on Ameri- can life is felt to this day . America was probably the first country in the world in which debating ...
... secured by common agreement , by the singing of songs , and by diversions of various kinds . The influence of the Junto on Ameri- can life is felt to this day . America was probably the first country in the world in which debating ...
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... secured under the most unfavorable surroundings . Frank- lin was preeminently such a lad . But while here and there lads of rare qualities , but lacking educational facilities , surmount all obstacles and achieve greatness , the world ...
... secured under the most unfavorable surroundings . Frank- lin was preeminently such a lad . But while here and there lads of rare qualities , but lacking educational facilities , surmount all obstacles and achieve greatness , the world ...
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... secured if the powers would " refer all disputes between each other to some third person or set of men or power . Other nations , seeing the advantage of this , would gradually accede , and perhaps in one hundred and fifty or two ...
... secured if the powers would " refer all disputes between each other to some third person or set of men or power . Other nations , seeing the advantage of this , would gradually accede , and perhaps in one hundred and fifty or two ...
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... secured by the occasional expense of a little temper now and then , or even of a little blood , it will be a precious purchase . To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty . A ...
... secured by the occasional expense of a little temper now and then , or even of a little blood , it will be a precious purchase . To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty . A ...
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Página 9 - At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life...
Página 13 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Página 173 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
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Página 27 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues, on which line and in its proper column I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue upon that day.
Página 162 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Página 120 - I would have the managers of the donation to the town of Boston then lay out, at their discretion, one hundred thousand pounds in public works, which may be judged of most general utility to the inhabitants, such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, public buildings, baths, pavements, or whatever may make living in the town more convenient to its people, and render it more agreeable to strangers resorting thither for health or a temporary residence.
Página 122 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
Página 173 - Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Página 122 - ... to see ; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his Divinity...