“ It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. ”
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791). copy citation
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
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| Source | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
| Topic | morality perfection project |
| Date | 1791 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20203/20203-h/20203-h.htm |
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“[64] After this memorandum, Franklin inserted letters from Abel James and Benjamin Vaughan, urging him to continue his Autobiography. [65] Franklin expressed a different view about the duty of attending church later. IX PLAN FOR ATTAINING MORAL PERFECTION T was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wish'd to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.”
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