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Page 53
... , and his among the rest ? Take heed , my dear Glaucon , take heed , lest too great a desire of power should render you despised ; consider 4 how dangerous it is to speak and entertain our- MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 53.
... , and his among the rest ? Take heed , my dear Glaucon , take heed , lest too great a desire of power should render you despised ; consider 4 how dangerous it is to speak and entertain our- MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 53.
Page 56
... rest of the virtues but to make the thing short , as it is certain that the more we strive against the tempta- tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that ...
... rest of the virtues but to make the thing short , as it is certain that the more we strive against the tempta- tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that ...
Page 61
... rest , that are any way conversant beyond the limits of their own particular calling . Those whom necessity has obliged to get their bread by manual industry , where some degree of art is required to go along with it , and who have had ...
... rest , that are any way conversant beyond the limits of their own particular calling . Those whom necessity has obliged to get their bread by manual industry , where some degree of art is required to go along with it , and who have had ...
Page 70
... rest he sauntered away with much indolence : the chief business of them was to contrive his meals , and to feed his fancy beforehand with the promise of a dinner or a sup - ` per . Not that he was so absolute a glutton , or so entirely ...
... rest he sauntered away with much indolence : the chief business of them was to contrive his meals , and to feed his fancy beforehand with the promise of a dinner or a sup - ` per . Not that he was so absolute a glutton , or so entirely ...
Page 88
... rest . et honesty be as the breath of thy soul , and never orget to have a penny when all thy expenses are enumerated and paid : then shalt thou reach the point 88 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS , THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY PLENTY IN ...
... rest . et honesty be as the breath of thy soul , and never orget to have a penny when all thy expenses are enumerated and paid : then shalt thou reach the point 88 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS , THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY PLENTY IN ...
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