 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 - Inventors - 1855 - 522 pages
...project of arriving a<JOTCTW;per/eetoyJ I wished to live without committing any fault^O^ytuneVana to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom...thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not sec why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings Weld - 1856 - 584 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,...always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found 1 had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my attention was taken up, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Printers - 1856 - 654 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,...might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, \vhat was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the oiher. But... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 622 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,...wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the ione and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined.... | |
 | Robert Kemp PHILP - 1859 - 182 pages
...ECONOMY OF TIME, AND THE ATTAINMENT OF MORAL GREATNESS.* "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 I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined. "While my attention was taken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1859 - 680 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 I know, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, Т did not see why I might not always do the one... | |
 | James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 668 pages
...morally perfect. " I wished," he explains, " to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom,...was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not ahcai/s do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead mo into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, L did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 426 pages
...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...the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had * Giving some advice to his daughter Sarah, in a letter written on the eve of his departure for England... | |
 | New Jersey - 1873 - 658 pages
...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...company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought 1 knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.... | |
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