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... opinion , so nearly resembles it , as to call to mind all its circumstances , and , to render their remembrance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus employing myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natural to old men ...
... opinion , so nearly resembles it , as to call to mind all its circumstances , and , to render their remembrance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus employing myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natural to old men ...
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... paid much deference to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their pri- vate affairs , and he was often chosen arbiter between contending parties . He was fond of having at his table , as DR . FRANKLIN . 15.
... paid much deference to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their pri- vate affairs , and he was often chosen arbiter between contending parties . He was fond of having at his table , as DR . FRANKLIN . 15.
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... opinion , a little perhaps for the pleasure of dis- puting . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and fre- quently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his ...
... opinion , a little perhaps for the pleasure of dis- puting . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and fre- quently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his ...
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... opinion on the minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I had suggested . And since the ... opinions , modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave you in tran- quil possession of your ...
... opinion on the minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I had suggested . And since the ... opinions , modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave you in tran- quil possession of your ...
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... opinion with less propriety . It is this : For want of modesty is want of sense . If you ask why I say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of ...
... opinion with less propriety . It is this : For want of modesty is want of sense . If you ask why I say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of ...
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Page 248 - ... their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our • enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our...
Page 167 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six; turned again it is seven and threepence ; and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced,...
Page 239 - As every freeman, to preserve his independence (if without a sufficient estate), ought to have some profession, calling, trade or farm, whereby he may honestly subsist, there can be no necessity for nor use in establishing offices of profit, the usual effects of which are dependence and servility, unbecoming freemen, in the possessors...
Page 218 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months, to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Page 247 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Page 203 - Almost all the parts of our bodies- require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should •want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture.
Page 226 - And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Page 248 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Page 219 - Mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not be molested in their persons, nor shall their Houses or Goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their Fields wasted, by the armed force...
Page 249 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it, would with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility, and to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.