 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 Seiten
...guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another." So he decided to tackle them like a person who, "having a garden to weed, does not attempt to...strength, but works on one of the beds at a time." On the pages of a little notebook, he made a chart with seven red columns for the days of the week... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 Seiten
...Proceeding thus to the last, I could go thro' a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate ah1 the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the beds... | |
 | Thomas Lickona - 2004 - 346 Seiten
...autobiography, he wrote: I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively. And like him, who having a garden to weed does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once but works on one of the beds at a time, I hoped to see in my pages the progress I made.3 Each time... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 Seiten
...Proceeding tbus to the last, I could go tbro' a Course compleat in Thirteen Weeks, and four Courses in a Year. -And like him who having a Garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the had Herhs at once, which would esceed his Reach and his Strength, hut works on one of the Beds at a... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 330 Seiten
...Proceeding thus to the last, I could go thro' a Course compleat in Thirteen Weeks, and four Courses in a Year. And like him who having a Garden to weed,...Strength, but works on one of the Beds at a time, & having accomplish'd the first proceeds to a second; so I should have, (I hoped) the Pleasure of seeing... | |
 | David Bell, Joanne Hollows - 2005 - 296 Seiten
...Project of arriving at moral Perfection' (p. 66) in terms of a man tending the fields of his mind: And like him who having a Garden to weed, does not...but works on one of the Beds at a time, and having accomplish'd the first proceeds to a second; so I should have, (I hoped) the encouraging Pleasure of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 Seiten
...drink not to elevation. I could get through a course complete in thirteen weeks and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the Tern, Sun. M. T. W. Tk F. S. Sil. Ord. * * * * Res. * * * * * Fru. * * fad. * * Sine. # J«s. Mod.... | |
 | Brad K. Wilburn - 2007 - 174 Seiten
...Proceeding thus to the last, I could go thro' a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who having a garden to weed,...but works on one of the beds at a time, and, having accomplish 'd the first, proceeds to a second so I should have, I hoped, the encouraging pleasure of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 258 Seiten
...Proceeding thus to the last, I could go thro' a course compleat in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed,...but works on one of the beds at a time, and, having accomplish'd the first, proceeds to a second, so I should have, I hoped, the encouraging pleasure of... | |
 | Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak - 2007 - 198 Seiten
...Proceeding thus to the last, I could go thro' a course compleat in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed,...but works on one of the beds at a time, and, having accomplish'd the first, proceeds to a second, so I should have, I hoped, the encouraging pleasure of... | |
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... the first, proceeds to a second; so I should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure of seeing on my pages the progress I made in virtue by clearing successively my lines of their spots, till in the end by a number of courses, I should be happy in... 
