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Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by ... - Page 97
by Benjamin Franklin - 1794
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 404 pages
...Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their Memories, for they have no Writing, and communicate it to their Children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve Tradition of the Stipulations in Treaties a hundred Years back, which when we compare with...
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The Demon of the Continent: Indians and the Shaping of American Literature

Joshua David Bellin - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 294 pages
...remains." (A passage in "Remarks" seems based on this speech: "They preserve Tradition of the Stipulations in Treaties a hundred Years back, which when we compare with our Writings we always find exact.") The reference to "the earth" suggests, moreover, that the Iroquois...
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Racism: A Global Reader

Kevin Reilly, Stephen Kaufman, Angela Bodino - History - 2003 - 438 pages
...women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories (for they have no writing), and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve traditions of the stipulations in treaties 100 years back; which, when we compare with our...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac ...

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 320 pages
...women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories (for they have no writing), and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve the tradition of the stipulations in treaties a hundred years back; which, when we compare...
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Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 317 pages
...Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their Memories, for they have no Writing, and communicate it to their Children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve Tradition of the Stipulations in Treaties a hundred Years back, which when we compare with...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as ..., Volume 10

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1904 - 480 pages
...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." it in their memories (for they have no writing), and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve the tradition of the stipulations in treaties a hundred years back; which, when we compare...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, and Other Papers

Benjamin Franklin - 189? - 332 pages
...women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories (for they have no writing), and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve the tradition of the stipulations in treaties a hundred years back ; which, when we compare...
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 94, no. 4)

204 pages
...Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories, for they have no writing, and communicate it to their children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve tradition of the stipulations in Treaties a hundred years back. Captivity: They think themselves...
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The Beauties of Franklin: Consisting of Selections from His Works

Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Howard - 1834 - 206 pages
...the children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve tradition of the stipulations in treaties a hundred years back ; which, when we compare with our writings, we always find exact. He that would speak rises. The rest observe a profound silence. When...
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