Quote of the Week: William Penn

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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. Willima Penn“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
William Penn

Here are some things that might interest you about William Penn:

  • Did you know that King George II gave Pennsylvania and Delaware to William Penn to pay off debts he owed to his father?
  • Penn immediately set sail for America, landed in what is now Delaware and then proceeded to found Philadelphia.
  • He was imprisoned several times in the Tower of London (where he wrote No Cross, No Crown), which may have given him the impetus to take that trans-Atlantic journey.

William Penn

The World of William Penn

William Penn: Liberty and Justice for All (Heroes of History) by [Benge, Janet, Benge, Geoff]


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