 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 trang
...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 trang
...spots. 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 trang
...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 trang
...Spots. 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 trang
...Spots. 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...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 trang
...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 trang
...F. S. Sil. Ord. * * * * Res. * * * * * Fru. * * fad. * * Sine. # J«s. Mod. Clea. Tran. Chas. Hum, bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and...time, and having accomplished the first proceeds to the second, so I should have, I hoped, the encouraging pleasure of seeing on my pages the progress... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 trang
...to didlneu; 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, Sil. Ord. Res. Fru. I»d, Sine. J«s. Mod. Clea. Tran. Chas. Hum. Sun. * * M. * * * * T. # W.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 258 trang
...spots. 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...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... | |
 | Brad K. Wilburn - 2007 - 174 trang
...spots. 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...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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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 all the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the... 
