The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Volumen2James Herring, James Barton Longacre Bancroft, 1835 |
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... cannot promise greater efforts , but greater success we confidently anticipate , from the increased means which have been developed and improved . JAMES HERRING . JAMES B. LONGACRE . CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN , LL . S.
... cannot promise greater efforts , but greater success we confidently anticipate , from the increased means which have been developed and improved . JAMES HERRING . JAMES B. LONGACRE . CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN , LL . S.
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... means without his foibles ; and that , in his own phrase , he committed some great errors in the early part of his career . This is not said with any view of detracting from the eminent merit of Dr. FRANKLIN , but as his own and the ...
... means without his foibles ; and that , in his own phrase , he committed some great errors in the early part of his career . This is not said with any view of detracting from the eminent merit of Dr. FRANKLIN , but as his own and the ...
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... means of impressing me with the aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to me through my whole life . " It so turned out , that one of the political articles gave offence to the general court of the colony ; the publisher was ...
... means of impressing me with the aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to me through my whole life . " It so turned out , that one of the political articles gave offence to the general court of the colony ; the publisher was ...
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... mean men ; ' I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining distinction , which encouraged me ; though I did not think I should ever literally stand before kings , which , however , has since happened , for I have stood before five ...
... mean men ; ' I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining distinction , which encouraged me ; though I did not think I should ever literally stand before kings , which , however , has since happened , for I have stood before five ...
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... means of electricity . The various steps by which he acquired his knowledge of this science , are too well known to need repetition here . A relation of his experi- ments was communicated by FRANKLIN himself , in letters to a friend in ...
... means of electricity . The various steps by which he acquired his knowledge of this science , are too well known to need repetition here . A relation of his experi- ments was communicated by FRANKLIN himself , in letters to a friend in ...
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Página 8 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 6 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 8 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 6 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Página 9 - Government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact ; as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose...
Página 13 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Página 9 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and...
Página 9 - Resolved, That this commonwealth considers the Federal Union, upon the terms and for the purposes specified in the late compact, as conducive to the liberty and happiness of the several states ; That it does now unequivocally declare its attachment to the Union, and to that compact, agreeable to its obvious and real intention, and will be among the last to seek its dissolution...
Página 5 - And that an exact inventory be taken of all such cannon and stores in order that they may be safely returned when the restoration of the former harmony between great Britain and these colonies so ardently wished for by the latter shall render it prudent and consistent with the overruling law of self preservation.
Página 3 - Shall the main question be now put?" — -and until it is decided shall preclude all amendments or debate. When, on taking the previous question, the Board shall decide that the main question shall not now be put, the main question shall be considered as still remaining under debate. The...