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Excerpt from The Life of William Penn: The Settler of Pennsylvania, the Founder of Philadelphia and One of the First Lawgivers in the Colonies, Now United States, in 1682 William Penn, as a legislator, deserves immortal thanks from the whole world. 'tis pleasing to do honour to those great men whose Virtues and generosity have contributed to the peoplmg of the earth, and to the freedom and happiness of man kind and who have preferred the interest of a remote posterity and trmes unknown, to their own fortune, and to the quiet and security of their own lives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.