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As boiling water does not grow hotter by long boiling if the particles that receive greater heat can escape , so living bodies do not putrify if the particles , so fast as they become putrid , can be thrown off .
As boiling water does not grow hotter by long boiling if the particles that receive greater heat can escape , so living bodies do not putrify if the particles , so fast as they become putrid , can be thrown off .
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Our present race of ephemeræ will in a course of minutes become corrupt , like those of other and older bushes , and consequently as wretched . And in philosophy how small our progress ! Alas ! art is long and life is short .
Our present race of ephemeræ will in a course of minutes become corrupt , like those of other and older bushes , and consequently as wretched . And in philosophy how small our progress ! Alas ! art is long and life is short .
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When they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure , instead of an aid become an incumbrance , and answer none of the intentions for which they were given , it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is ...
When they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure , instead of an aid become an incumbrance , and answer none of the intentions for which they were given , it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is ...
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| Titel | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Papers World's greatest literature |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Verlag | Spencer Press, 1930 |
| Original von | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitalisiert | 8. Juli 2011 |
| Länge | 311 Seiten |
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