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... thousand miles of con- tinent filled with savage Indians . FATHER AND SON In the colony of Massachusetts , in the city of Boston , Benjamin Franklin was born January 17 , 1706. He was the fifteenth of seventeen children , thirteen of ...
... thousand miles of con- tinent filled with savage Indians . FATHER AND SON In the colony of Massachusetts , in the city of Boston , Benjamin Franklin was born January 17 , 1706. He was the fifteenth of seventeen children , thirteen of ...
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... thousand pounds - more than $ 90,000 of our money . This , paid in yearly sums , gave Franklin , at the age of forty - two an income large enough to live upon for the rest of his life . He now made endless experiments in electricity ...
... thousand pounds - more than $ 90,000 of our money . This , paid in yearly sums , gave Franklin , at the age of forty - two an income large enough to live upon for the rest of his life . He now made endless experiments in electricity ...
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... idea of keeping a standing army of twenty - five thousand men in the colonies and of taxing the colonists for its sup- port . To provide the money for this , the Stamp Act was passed without asking the consent of the Ameri- cans 21.
... idea of keeping a standing army of twenty - five thousand men in the colonies and of taxing the colonists for its sup- port . To provide the money for this , the Stamp Act was passed without asking the consent of the Ameri- cans 21.
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... thousand children have been born in America . From these figures his mathematical head will easily cal- culate the time and expense necessary to kill us all , and conquer our whole territory . " But it took six years of war to prove to ...
... thousand children have been born in America . From these figures his mathematical head will easily cal- culate the time and expense necessary to kill us all , and conquer our whole territory . " But it took six years of war to prove to ...
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... thousand acres when he died— but she had five small children to educate , and little ready money with which to do it . Fortunately , she was not only a loving mother , but a woman of strong will and remarkable business ability . After ...
... thousand acres when he died— but she had five small children to educate , and little ready money with which to do it . Fortunately , she was not only a loving mother , but a woman of strong will and remarkable business ability . After ...
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Abraham Lincoln American arms army asked battle became Benjamin Franklin Boston British called colonies command Commander-in-Chief Congress court crowd Dabney Carr debt Declaration of Independence Douglas election enemy England English eyes face famous father fear fight fire France Franklin French gave George Washington ginia hand hard heart heavy honor horse House House of Burgesses hundred Illinois Indians ington John Adams King knew land lawyer legislature liberty lived loved ment Monticello Mount Vernon nation negroes never night North numbers once party passed Patrick Henry patriots peace Philadelphia planter President Raleigh Tavern Republic Revolution Richard Henry Lee rode Senate sent ship slavery slaves soldiers soon South speech spirit Springfield Stamp Act stood story struggle Thomas Jefferson thousand took troops Union United victory Virginia whole Williamsburg words wrote York young
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Página 178 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 177 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.0
Página 138 - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
Página 189 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Página 13 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 176 - Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance.
Página 176 - I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Página 28 - I am old and good for nothing, but as the storekeepers say of their remnants of cloth, 'I am but a fag end, and you may have me for what you please.
Página 166 - WE WILL SAY TO THE SOUTHERN DISUNIONISTS, WE WON'T GO OUT OF THE UNION, AND YOU SHAN'T...