 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 109by Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 243 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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