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" I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable,... "
The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography - Page 184
by Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 488 pages
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American Prose: Selections, with Critical Introductions by Various Writers

George Rice Carpenter - American literature - 1898 - 498 pages
...the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex'd to each, than a few names with more ideas ; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd...
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american prose

george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex'd to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd...
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American Prose: Selections

George Rice Carpenter - American literature - 1898 - 494 pages
...names with more ideas ; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd the extent I gave to its meaning. These names of virtues, with their precepts were : i. TEMPERANCE...
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Selections from Autobiography: Poor Richard's Almanac, Advice to a Young ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 pages
...the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex'd to each, than a few names with more ideas ; and I included under thirteen names...These names of virtues, with their precepts, were : r. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit...
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Historic Side-lights

Howard Payson Arnold - History - 1899 - 408 pages
...Franklin in his "Autobiography" says in regard to his "various enumerations of the moral virtues " : — " I included under thirteen names of virtues all that...that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable." Among these truthfulness does not appear, the nearest approach to it being " sincerity," which is by...
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With Introduction and Notes

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1901 - 296 pages
...the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names...fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning. The names of virtues, with their precepts, were : 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dullness ; drink not...
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A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules ...

Josephus Nelson Larned - Conduct of life - 1901 - 518 pages
...the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex'd to each, than a few names with more ideas ; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd...
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A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules ...

Josephus Nelson Larned - Conduct of life - 1901 - 520 pages
...names with more ideas ; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd the extent I gave to its meaning. These names of virtues, with their precepts were : 1. TEMPERANCE....
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 238 pages
...with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thiis teen names of virtues all that at that time occurred to...with their precepts were: 1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. • 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself;...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Now First Printed in England from ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1905 - 354 pages
...the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex'd to each, than a few names with more ideas ; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd...
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