 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 pages
...lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might uot always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon...While my attention was taken up, and care employed, guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage of inattention;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 pages
...inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 pages
...inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, t did not see why I might not always do the one and...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another ; habit took the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 pages
...custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I ilid not see why I might not always do the one and avoid...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employed iii 'guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another ; habit took the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 462 pages
...inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. . . . I made a little book in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues. I ruled each page with... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - American literature - 1898 - 498 pages
...inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another ; habit took the... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon fourfd I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - America - 1898 - 110 pages
...CONDUCT I WISHED to live without committing any fault at any time. As I knew what was right and what was wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But soon I found that this was more difficult than I had thought. I concluded that merely thinking about... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 pages
...inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another ; habit took the... | |
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It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time ; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As... 
