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 * I Am....William Penn**

My "I am" project person is WIlliam Penn. He was a clever man who founded Pennsylvania by buying lands off the Native Americans. He was a Quaker and so made Pennsylvania a safe place for all Quakers which he had interest since he was very little. he had a father who was an admiral and was strictly brought up. He was born in Great Britain and taught by private tutors.I had some questions like why did he have such and interest for Quakers and where did he get the money to buy the lands off the Native Americans since he wasn't that rich. I also wondered why was he so peace-loving when his father was an admiral and admirals fought.


 * Why was William Penn so against taking land but buying the land when he was brought up by an admiral father who fought to take over land?**

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 * [|Plan of Penn]
 * [|Letter to Thomas Jefferson]
 * [|To Quakers]
 * "We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice our selves. And nothing shews our Weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other Men's Faults, and so purblind about our own."
 * "The more merciful Acts thou dost, the more Mercy thou wilt receive; and if with a charitable Imployment of thy Temporal Riches, thou gainest eternal Treasure, thy Purchase is infinite."
 * "Let the People think they Govern and they will be Govern'd."
 * "Love Labor: For if thou dost not want it for Food, thou mayest for Physick. It is wholesom for thy Body, and good for thy Mind. It prevents the Fruits of Idleness, which many times comes of nothing to do, and leads too many to do what is worse than nothing."

[|William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693] Accumulation of quotes.[|William Penn]
 * "Religion is the Fear of God, and its Demonstration on good Works; and Faith is the Root of both: For without Faith we cannot please God, nor can we fear what we do not believe."