Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... suffered to become common . 19. The great increase of offspring in particular families is not always owing to greater fecundity of nature , but sometimes to examples of industry in the heads , and industrious education , by which the ...
... suffered to become common . 19. The great increase of offspring in particular families is not always owing to greater fecundity of nature , but sometimes to examples of industry in the heads , and industrious education , by which the ...
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Benjamin Franklin. The wool would produce me a better price , if it were suffered to go to foreign markets ; but that , Messieurs the Public , your laws will not permit . It must be kept all at home , that our dear manufactur- ers may ...
Benjamin Franklin. The wool would produce me a better price , if it were suffered to go to foreign markets ; but that , Messieurs the Public , your laws will not permit . It must be kept all at home , that our dear manufactur- ers may ...
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... invective in the papers , for these two years past , against the hard - heartedness of the rich , and much complaint of the great oppres- sions suffered in this country by the labouring poor . 26 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... invective in the papers , for these two years past , against the hard - heartedness of the rich , and much complaint of the great oppres- sions suffered in this country by the labouring poor . 26 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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Benjamin Franklin. sions suffered in this country by the labouring poor . Will you admit a word or two on the other side of the question ? I do not propose to be an advocate for oppression or oppressors : but when I see that the poor are ...
Benjamin Franklin. sions suffered in this country by the labouring poor . Will you admit a word or two on the other side of the question ? I do not propose to be an advocate for oppression or oppressors : but when I see that the poor are ...
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... suffer without his service , it is able , and ought to be willing , to offer him such wages as may induce him to afford his service voluntarily . - Page 159. " Private mischief must be borne with patience , for preventing a national ...
... suffer without his service , it is able , and ought to be willing , to offer him such wages as may induce him to afford his service voluntarily . - Page 159. " Private mischief must be borne with patience , for preventing a national ...
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