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" Our debates were to be under the direction of a president and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions or direct... "
The Tuftonian - Page 78
1894
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject fce pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of enquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

1826 - 422 pages
...subject generally interesting. The meetings of the society were to be conducted by a president, in a sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory. To prevent distraction or division all positiveness of opinion, direct contradiction, fyc.,...
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An Address, Delivered at Ipswich, Before the Essex County Lyceum, at Their ...

Daniel Appleton White - 1830 - 72 pages
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ; and to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradictions,...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ; and to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 pages
...The plan was to propose and discuss queries on points of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. " Our debates," says Franklin, " were to be under the...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ; and, to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ; and, to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 pages
...The plan was to propose and discuss queries on points of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. "Our debates," says Franklin, "were to be under the...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ; and, to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and...after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ; and, to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 522 pages
...subject he THE JUNTO. 141 might choose. The debates, at the weekly meetings, were to be " conducted in a sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory ;" and the better to preserve their temper, candor, and decorum, " all expressions of positiveness...
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