 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pages
...artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in...in terms of modest diffidence ; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan Harvey - 1908 - 246 pages
...artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in...in terms of modest diffidence; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words 'certainly,' 'undoubtedly,' or any others... | |
 | Charles Lane Hanson - 1908 - 264 pages
...the wisest of us can learn something from Franklin's method of expressing himself : I ... [retained] the habit of expressing myself in terms of modest diffidence ; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...myself and very embarrassing to those against whom I used it; therefore I took delight in it, practiced it continually, and grew very artful and expert in...in terms of modest diffidence, never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 pages
...artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in...in terms of modest diffidence; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 432 pages
...artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in...and so obtaining victories that neither myself nor rny cause always deserved. I continu'd this method some few years, but gradually left it, retaining... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1909 - 520 pages
...themselves, and so obtaining victories that neither myself nor my cause always deserved. I continu'd this method some few years, but gradually left it,...in terms of modest diffidence; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1910 - 216 pages
...artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in...in terms of modest diffidence ; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words "certainly," "undoubtedly," or any others... | |
 | Charles Lane Hanson - 1912 - 392 pages
...or others, it will be for the jury to say whether they can pronounce them guilty. I ... [retained] the habit of expressing myself in terms of modest diffidence; never using, when I advanced anything that may possibly be disputed, the words certainly, undoubtedly, or any others that... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1913 - 494 pages
...artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee; entangling them in...in terms of modest diffidence; never using, when I advanced anything that might possibly be disputed, the word certainly, undoubtedly, or any other that... | |
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I took a delight in it, practised it continually, and grew very artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in difficulties out of which they could... 
