Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...H. Colburn, 1833 |
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... ruined by it . A sea - captain of my acquaintance used to blame the English for envying Spain their mines of silver , and too much despising or overlooking the advan- tages of their own industry and manufactures . 66 For my part ...
... ruined by it . A sea - captain of my acquaintance used to blame the English for envying Spain their mines of silver , and too much despising or overlooking the advan- tages of their own industry and manufactures . 66 For my part ...
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... ruin and de- struction of that very self which he loves so well ? That man alone loves himself rightly , who pro- cures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence ; and so pursues plea- PART I. 63 ...
... ruin and de- struction of that very self which he loves so well ? That man alone loves himself rightly , who pro- cures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence ; and so pursues plea- PART I. 63 ...
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... ruins of the other : but if through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of attending to conse- quences , we have erred and exceeded the bounds which nature or reason have set us ; we are then , for our own ...
... ruins of the other : but if through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of attending to conse- quences , we have erred and exceeded the bounds which nature or reason have set us ; we are then , for our own ...
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... ruins of the other that we should look to the end , and regard consequences : and if through want of attention we had erred , and exceeded the bounds which nature had set us , we were then obliged , for our own sakes , to 70 WRITINGS OF ...
... ruins of the other that we should look to the end , and regard consequences : and if through want of attention we had erred , and exceeded the bounds which nature had set us , we were then obliged , for our own sakes , to 70 WRITINGS OF ...
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... ruin of its enemies . You are in the right , answered Socrates ; but to this end it is necessary to be stronger than they , otherwise we shall run the hazard of losing what we have : he therefore who talks of undertaking a war , ought ...
... ruin of its enemies . You are in the right , answered Socrates ; but to this end it is necessary to be stronger than they , otherwise we shall run the hazard of losing what we have : he therefore who talks of undertaking a war , ought ...
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