 | Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Howard - 1834 - 206 Seiten
...effects on the mind, be not merely innocent, but advantageous, to the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement....useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 522 Seiten
...effects on the mind, be not merely innocent, but advantageous, to the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement....useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess,... | |
 | 1820 - 90 Seiten
...concludes what may be deemed the introductory part of it, with THE MORALS OF CHESS. BY DR. FRANKLIN. THE game of chess is not merely an idle amusement....useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess,... | |
 | 1881 - 644 Seiten
...give an extract from Benjamin Franklin's essay on " The Morals of Chess," in which he says : — " The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, nsefol in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits,... | |
 | 1793 - 648 Seiten
...qualities of the mind, ufeful in the courfe of human life, are to be acquired and ftrengthened by it, fo as to become habits ready on all occasions : for life is a kind of chefs in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adverfaries to contend with, and in... | |
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The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions. 
