 My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once but to fix it on one of them at a time, and when I should be master of that, then to proceed to another,...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 3291818Full view - About this book
 | James Brodrick - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 356 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and when I should be master ofthat, then to proceed to another; and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen Conceiving... | |
 | Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 554 pages
...I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone thro' the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | James Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 316 pages
...to advance toward moral perfection on all of these fronts at once, he decided to fix his attention "on one of them at a time, and when I should be Master ofthat, then to proceed to another, and so on till I should have gone thro' the thirteen" (A:149-50).... | |
 | Dudley C. Gould - History - 2001 - 350 pages
...it would be well not to distract attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix on one rule at a time, and when I should be master of that, then proceed to another." At age 84 he was hard at work on rule five. Despite constant legislation of blue... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - Enlightenment - 2003 - 496 pages
...virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at one, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Printers - 2003 - 588 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone thro' the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 446 pages
...Attemion hi attempting the whole at once, hut to fis it on one of them at a time, and H hen l should he Master of that, then to proceed to another, and so on till I shonld have )ronc tbro' the thirteen. \ndasthepreviousAcquisition of some might facilitate the Acquisition... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 330 pages
...I judg'd it would be well not to distract my Attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time, and when I should be...of that, then to proceed to another, and so on till I had gone thro' the thirteen. And as the previous Acquisition of some might facilitate the Acquisition... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 320 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and when I should be...of that, then to proceed to another; and so on till I should have gone through the thirteen. And as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak - Design - 2007 - 198 pages
...I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be...proceed to another, and so on, till 1 should have gone thro' the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition of certain... | |
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