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" 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. "
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Page 109
by Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 243 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...of arriving at moral perfection ; I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom...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...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 556 pages
...of arriving at moral. perfection ; I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom,...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....
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...of arriving at moral perfection; I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might 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...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series ..., Volumes 1-2

1818 - 628 pages
...moral perfection. " I wished to live," he says, " without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into." He set about this hopeless task, and resumed it at different periods of his life, with all ihi energy...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 2

1818 - 486 pages
...arriving at moral perfection ,• I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 81

English literature - 1818 - 646 pages
...moral perfsctiot. '•" I wished to live," he says, " without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into." He set about this hopeless task, and resumed it at different periods of his life, with all ihe energy...
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The Art of Employing Time to the Greatest Advantage, the True Source of ...

Conduct of life - 1822 - 336 pages
...of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom,...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...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...projectof arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any 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, I did not see why I might not always do the...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 342 pages
...of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any 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, I did not see why I might not always do the...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom,...see why I might not always do the one and avoid the Oiher. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my attention...
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