Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 120
... virtue , and his own experience had shown him that his method worked and that virtue was rewarded in this world . The following selection , taken from the second part of Franklin's Autobiography , written in Passy in 1784 , is based on ...
... virtue , and his own experience had shown him that his method worked and that virtue was rewarded in this world . The following selection , taken from the second part of Franklin's Autobiography , written in Passy in 1784 , is based on ...
Page 127
... virtues , on which line & in its proper column I might mark by a little black spot every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue upon that day . I determined to give a week's strict attention to each ...
... virtues , on which line & in its proper column I might mark by a little black spot every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue upon that day . I determined to give a week's strict attention to each ...
Page 133
... VIRTUE , * because it would have shown the means & manner of obtaining virtue , which would have distinguished it from the mere exhortation to be good , that does not instruct & indicate the means , but is like the apostle's man of ...
... VIRTUE , * because it would have shown the means & manner of obtaining virtue , which would have distinguished it from the mere exhortation to be good , that does not instruct & indicate the means , but is like the apostle's man of ...
Contents
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
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