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" I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the... "
Self-effort; or, The true method of attaining success in life - Page 211
de Joseph Johnson - 1883 - 408 pages
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Early American Writing

Various - 1994 - 676 pages
...into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage...
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American Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts

Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 428 pages
...into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage...
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American Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts

Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 432 pages
...soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised...took the advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes too strong for reason. I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that...
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The Virtues of the Vicious: Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane and the Spectacle of ...

Keith Gandal - 1997 - 217 pages
...institutions had been imagined. In his own attempts at self-government, he found that "while my care was employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes too strong for reason" (Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography...
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 pages
...into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I...than I had imagined: While my Attention was taken up Care was employ'd in guarding against one Fault, I was often surpriz'd by another. Habit took the Advantage...
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Pilgrim Souls: A Collection of Spiritual Autobiography

Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - 1999 - 552 pages
...into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 pages
...into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I...task of more difficulty than I had imagined. While my care was employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage...
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson - 2004 - 628 pages
...of more difficulty than I had imagined," Franklin recalled. The problem was that "while my care was employed in 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 eradicate...
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Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and ...

Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 pages
...what was right and wrong, I did not see why l might nof always do the one and avoid the other. But l soon found I had undertaken a Task of more Difficulty than I had imagined: While my Care was employ'd in guarding against one Fault, I was often surpriz'd hy another. Hahit took the Advamage...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac ...

Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 pages
...what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But 1 soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty...took the advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes too strong for reason. I concluded at length that,the mere speculative conviction that it...
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