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... become really great by being good , and the number of valuable men would be much increased ; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness ; and I pronounce it as certain , that there was never yet a truly great man ...
... become really great by being good , and the number of valuable men would be much increased ; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness ; and I pronounce it as certain , that there was never yet a truly great man ...
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... become de- testable ; because , in such a case , as is justly ob- served , the pleasure arising from a tale of wit and novelty soon dies away in generous and honest minds , and is followed with a secret grief , to see their neighbours ...
... become de- testable ; because , in such a case , as is justly ob- served , the pleasure arising from a tale of wit and novelty soon dies away in generous and honest minds , and is followed with a secret grief , to see their neighbours ...
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... become na- tural , are apt to break their banks . If one servant is more valuable than another , has he not more merit than the other ? and yet this is not on ac- count of superior self - denial . Is a patriot not praise - worthy if ...
... become na- tural , are apt to break their banks . If one servant is more valuable than another , has he not more merit than the other ? and yet this is not on ac- count of superior self - denial . Is a patriot not praise - worthy if ...
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... , Noah , Abra- ham , Moses , and divers others . There has not been any science so much es- teemed and honoured as this of the mathematics , nor with so much industry and vigilance become the care 60 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... , Noah , Abra- ham , Moses , and divers others . There has not been any science so much es- teemed and honoured as this of the mathematics , nor with so much industry and vigilance become the care 60 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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Benjamin Franklin. nor with so much industry and vigilance become the care of great men , and laboured in by the potentates of the world , viz . emperors , kings , princes , & c . Mathematical demonstrations are a logic of as much or ...
Benjamin Franklin. nor with so much industry and vigilance become the care of great men , and laboured in by the potentates of the world , viz . emperors , kings , princes , & c . Mathematical demonstrations are a logic of as much or ...
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