 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 trang
...statesman, and a patriot, he nobly says, in reference to the " Essays to do Good," I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 trang
...such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book." Franklin, again, has... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Day - 1858 - 478 trang
...me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 464 trang
...such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life : for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantages of it to that book."... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 482 trang
...me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life: for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantages of it to that book."... | |
 | 1859 - 534 trang
...such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my character through life, for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book."... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1859 - 274 trang
...such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for 1 have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any either kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - 1859 - 476 trang
...such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence upon my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | 1860 - 598 trang
...such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes all the advantages of it to the little book." for tije... | |
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Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for... 
