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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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New World Metaphysics: Readings on the Religious Meaning of the American ...

Giles Gunn - 1981 - 489 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 Philosophy: A Historical Anthology

Barbara MacKinnon - 1985 - 710 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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Early American Writing

Various - 1994 - 676 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 Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts

Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 432 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 Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts

Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 428 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: ENTERPRISE...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 pages
...the sake of Clearness, to use rather more Names with fewer Ideas annex'd to each, than a few Names uted the whole mass of our export commerce, the Colony trade was but one-twelfth part occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annex'd to each a short Precept, which fully express'd...
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 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 annex'd to each a short Precept, which fully express'd...
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Pilgrim Souls: A Collection of Spiritual Autobiography

Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - 1999 - 552 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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Consumption and the Making of Respectability, 1600-1800

Woodruff D. Smith - 2002 - 358 pages
...as necessary or desirable, and annex 'd to each a short Precept, which fully express 'd the Extent 1 gave to its Meaning, These Names of Virtues with their...TEMPERANCE Eat not to Dulness, Drink not to Elevation, 2, S1LENCE Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself, Avoid trifling Conversation, 3, ORDER Let...
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The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader

Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 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...with their precepts, were: 1. Temperance Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence 3. Order Let all your things have their places; let each...
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