 | Benjamin Franklin - 1912 - 274 Seiten
...might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I...abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairsS among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1916 - 696 Seiten
...might have been very useful, bv forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discourag'd by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I...that one man of tolerable abilities may work great fhanges, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1921 - 280 Seiten
...and might have been very useful by forming a great number of good citizens, and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I...abilities may work great changes and accomplish great aifairs among mankind if he first forms a good plan, and cutting off all amusements or other employments... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 344 Seiten
...might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens ; and I was not discourag'd by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that onj man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind,... | |
 | Giles Gunn - 1981 - 489 Seiten
...might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discourag'd by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I...forms a good plan, and cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, makes the execution of that same plan his sole... | |
 | Peter J. Bailey - 1985 - 248 Seiten
...explains in the Autobiography, "one Man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, and accomplish Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good Plan, and cutting off all AmuseReading Stanley Elkin ments or other employments that would divert his Attention, makes the Execution... | |
 | Michael Novak - 1984 - 316 Seiten
...profit-making activities — also generates new capital. would move forward with confidence, believing that "one Man of tolerable Abilities may work great...Changes, and accomplish great Affairs among Mankind" if only he brought the proper method and diligence to his task. They would move forward with no apology... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 Seiten
...might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discourag'd by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I...forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, makes the execution of that same plan his sole... | |
 | Steven H. Jaffe - 1996 - 246 Seiten
...fortune. "I have always thought," he wrote, "that one Man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes & accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first...forms a good Plan, and cutting off all Amusements or other Employments that would divert his Attention, makes the Execution of that same Plan his sole... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...might have been very useful, by forming a great Number of good Citizens: And I was not discourag'd by the seeming Magnitude of the Undertaking, as I...Man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, & accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good Plan, and, cutting off all Amusements... | |
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I am still of opinion that it was a practicable scheme, and might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable... 
