The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Ed., and Many Letters Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 2Hillard, Gray,, 1836 - Statesmen |
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... become truly virtuous . and magnanimous , -Help me , good God ; help me , O Father ! And , forasmuch as ingratitude is one of the most odious of vices , let me not be unmindful gratefully to acknowledge the favors I receive from Heaven ...
... become truly virtuous . and magnanimous , -Help me , good God ; help me , O Father ! And , forasmuch as ingratitude is one of the most odious of vices , let me not be unmindful gratefully to acknowledge the favors I receive from Heaven ...
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... becoming so . That laudable ambition is too commonly misap- plied , and often ill employed . Some , to make them- selves ... become really great by being good , and the number of valuable men would be much increased ; but it is a grand ...
... becoming so . That laudable ambition is too commonly misap- plied , and often ill employed . Some , to make them- selves ... become really great by being good , and the number of valuable men would be much increased ; but it is a grand ...
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... become detestable ; be- cause , in such a case , as is justly observed , the pleas- ure 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 detestable ; be- cause , in such a case , as is justly observed , the pleas- ure 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 natural , 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 account of superior self - denial . Is a patriot not praiseworthy , if public ...
... become natural , 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 account of superior self - denial . Is a patriot not praiseworthy , if public ...
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... become the care of great men , and labored in by the potentates of the world , viz . emperors , kings , princes , & c . Mathematical demonstrations are a logic of as much or more use , than that commonly learned at schools , serving to ...
... become the care of great men , and labored in by the potentates of the world , viz . emperors , kings , princes , & c . Mathematical demonstrations are a logic of as much or more use , than that commonly learned at schools , serving to ...
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Page 7 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 99 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee Workmen is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 101 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of : they think, It is day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but Always taking out of the mealtub, and never putting- in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says ; and then, When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.
Page 169 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 167 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 97 - ... ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us;' God helps them that help themselves,
Page 97 - Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Page 95 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...
Page 100 - You call them goods ; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost ; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you.
Page 101 - Years can never be spent but, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Worth of Water.