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... tion , Hume called Franklin " the first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters " in the new world ; on the very eve of that struggle , Samuel Johnson , in his astonishing pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny , described him as ...
... tion , Hume called Franklin " the first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters " in the new world ; on the very eve of that struggle , Samuel Johnson , in his astonishing pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny , described him as ...
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... tion and growth ; Franklin happily came upon a volume of the Spectator at this critical time in his education . He could hardly have found a better model , nor one which could deflect him less from his own line of growth or teach him ...
... tion and growth ; Franklin happily came upon a volume of the Spectator at this critical time in his education . He could hardly have found a better model , nor one which could deflect him less from his own line of growth or teach him ...
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... tion between my father and him , and I was his godson . He lived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto vol- umes of manuscript of his own poetry , consisting of fugitive pieces addressed to his friends . He had invented a short ...
... tion between my father and him , and I was his godson . He lived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto vol- umes of manuscript of his own poetry , consisting of fugitive pieces addressed to his friends . He had invented a short ...
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... tion is made by Cotton Mather in his ecclesiastical history of that country , entitled Magnalia Christi Americana , " as a godly and learned Englishman , " if I remember the words rightly . I was informed he wrote several small ...
... tion is made by Cotton Mather in his ecclesiastical history of that country , entitled Magnalia Christi Americana , " as a godly and learned Englishman , " if I remember the words rightly . I was informed he wrote several small ...
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... tion or knowledge of any person in the place , and very little money in my pocket . CHAPTER II THE inclination I had had for the sea was by this time done away , or I might now have gratified it . But having another profession and ...
... tion or knowledge of any person in the place , and very little money in my pocket . CHAPTER II THE inclination I had had for the sea was by this time done away , or I might now have gratified it . But having another profession and ...
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Page 168 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Page 174 - This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all do not depend too much upon your own industry and frugality and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven; and, therefore, ask that blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterward prosperous. " And now, to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Page 99 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Page 14 - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Page 78 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 74 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Page 232 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 166 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page viii - Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them...
Page viii - I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...