...for Self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional Intermissions for some time. I was surpris'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish" (71). 32 By exposing his faults and attempting their eradication, Franklin transforms the practice...

...for Self Examination, and continu'd it with occasional Intermissions for some time. I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of The Morning e ) Rise, wash and address Question, [ Powerful Goodness; contrive What Good shall 6 |...

...for self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional intermissions for some time. I was surpris'd to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...new ones in a new course, became full of holes, I transferr'd my tables and precepts to the ivory leaves of a memorandum book, on which the lines were...

...forced to transfer his record-keeping from the paper pages of the little book that he had worn out "by scraping out the Marks on the Paper of old Faults to make room for new Ones" to "the Ivory Leaves of a Memorandum Book" from which he could "easily wipe out with a wet Sponge"...

...erase his errors or sins with systematic discipline and self-examination. He says "I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish." Describing his system for approaching moral perfection, he jokes that he recognized that it was not...

..."virtue course" four times a year. He was pleased with the success of his technique: "I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish. . . . Perhaps the most important part of [my] journal is the plan found in it ... for the regulating...

...for self-examination, and continued it with occasional intermissions for some time. I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...new ones in a new course, became full of holes, I transferred my tables and precepts to the Read or 12 overlook my 1 accounts and dine 2 Work 3 4 The...

...for self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional intermissions for some time. I was surpris'd to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my li ttle book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults to make room for new ones...

...Examination, and continu'd it with occasional Intermissions for some time." He added, "I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish."42 Later, in the Autobiography, he observed with wry humor, "that such extream Nicety as...

...Plan for Self Esamination, and enminu'd it with oecasional Imermissions for some time. l was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but l had the Satisfactton ot seeing them diminish. To avoid the Trouhle of renewing now and then my little...