 It was about this time I conceiv'd the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wish'd to live without committing any fault at any time ; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As...  Benjamin Franklin: His Life - Page 106by Benjamin Franklin - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...committing any fault at anytime, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew what...of more difficulty than I had imagined: while 'my attention was taken up, and care employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought 1 knew, what was right and wrong, 1 did not see why I might not always do the one and...avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a tusk of more difficulty than 1 had imagined : while my attention was taken up, and i arc employed in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...lead me into. As 1 knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, 1 did not sec why I might qot always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon...found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than 1 hud imagined : while my attention was taken up, and care employed in guarding against one fault,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew what was right and 1 See Papers on Mistellancous Subjcots, in continuatiou nf these Memoirs. wrong, I did not see why... | |
 | 1822 - 336 pages
...committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right or wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found that... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. 2 As I knew, or thought I knew what was right and wrong,...always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found that I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined; while my attention was taken up,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. 2 As I knew, or thought I ,knew what was right and wrong,...always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found that I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined; while my attention was taken up,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew,...of more difficulty than I had imagined : while my attention was taken up, and care employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew,...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my attention was taken up, and care employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 664 pages
...committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew,...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my attention was taken up, and care employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another... | |
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