 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 trang
...real obligations to each other and much less those to our Creator/) He that I for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid...deserve Heaven for the little good they do on earth. {*fhe faith Huey mentioned, he said, had doubtless its use in the world ; but he wished it were more... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 trang
...our real obligations to each other and much less those to our Creator. He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest in hi§ demands compared with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little good they do on earth.... | |
 | James Madison Stifler - 1925 - 184 trang
...degree, and eternal in duration : I can do nothing to deserve such rewards. He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person, should expect to be...a good plantation, would be modest in his demands, compar'd with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little good they do on earth. Even the mix'd... | |
 | 1825 - 856 trang
...and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to de serve such a reward. He that, for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person, should expect to be paid with a good plantation, wonld be modest in his demands compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 trang
...of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to deserve such rewards. ...Even the mixed, imperfect pleasures we enjoy in...world, are rather from God's goodness than our merit; 'Benjamin franS^in how much more such happiness of heaven! For my part I have not the vanity to think... | |
 | Catherine La Courreye Blecki, Karin A. Wulf - 2010 - 370 trang
...Degree & eternal in Duration, I can do nothing to deserve such Rewards. He that for giving a Draught of Water to a thirsty Person should expect to be paid with a good Plantation would be modest 104. BF to JH: This letter, sent from Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Huey, dated June 6, 1753, was often... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 322 trang
...Works. As Franklin puts it: "I can do nothing to deserve such Reward: He that for giving a Draught of Water to a thirsty Person should expect to be paid...a good Plantation, would be modest in his Demands, compar'd with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little Good they do on Earth" (4:505; cf.... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 trang
...thirsty Person should expect to be paid with a good Plantation, would be modest in his Demands, compar'd with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little Good they do on Earth" (4:505; cf. 2:385). Death, as Franklin famously writes, is surely unavoidable: "in this world nothing... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 trang
...degree, and eternal in duration: I can do nothing to deserve such reward. He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid...a good plantation would be modest in his demands, compar'd with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth. Even the mix'd... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 317 trang
...Degree, and eternal in Duration: I can do nothing to deserve such Reward: He that for giving a Draught of Water to a thirsty Person should expect to be paid...a good Plantation, would be modest in his Demands, compar'd with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little Good they do on Earth. Even the mix'd... | |
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He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person, should expect to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest in. his demands, compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth. 
