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From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin. William Makepeace Thayer
Читать онлайн.Название From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
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isbn 4064066133801
Автор произведения William Makepeace Thayer
Жанр Языкознание
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"I did know better," was Benjamin's frank confession, determined to make a clean breast of it.
"And that makes your guilt so much the greater. Will you learn a lesson from this, and never do the like again?"
"I promise that I never will."
Thus frankly Benjamin confessed his wrong-doing; and, in mature life, he often referred to it as his "first wrong act" from which he learned a lesson for life. It was another way of paying too dear for a whistle. What the whistle was to him at seven, the wharf of stones was to him at twelve years of age—sport. The first was innocent sport, however; the last was guilty.
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