 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 Seiten
...incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemies' leave to withdraw your troops and place them more securely,...must abide all the consequences of your rashness." Franklin never wrote a word of nonsense, and he remains the most considerate and practical of philosophers... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 Seiten
...incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemies' leave to withdraw your troops and place them more securely,...must abide all the consequences of your rashness." Franklin never wrote a word of nonsense, and he remains the most considerate and practical of philosophers... | |
 | H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1882 - 812 Seiten
...this amusement another result which is real enough : " the habit of not being discouraged by present appearances in the state of our affairs ; the habit of hoping for a favourable change, and that of persevering in the search of resource." This is true. It is the peculiarity of... | |
 | J. Burt - 1883 - 226 Seiten
...Franklin, that it is a beneficial amusement, and teaches, ' Foresight, circumspection, caution ;' also, ' the habit of not being discouraged by present bad...our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favourable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources.' All creeds and classes should be dropped... | |
 | H I. C - 1885 - 94 Seiten
...have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops, and place them more securely,...our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favourable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources. The game is so full of events, there is... | |
 | lady Constance Eleanora C. Howard - 1885 - 464 Seiten
...observed. ' Chess,' to those who like it, is a great resource, and, moreover, as Franklin tells us, — 'We learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged...our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favourable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources.' So that is a game much to be commended.... | |
 | 1888 - 536 Seiten
...that by studying it we learn several things, viz.: — forelight, circumspection, caution, and finally "the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the ( 170 ) habit of hoping for a favorable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources."... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 464 Seiten
...have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops, and place them more securely,...the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources. The game is so full of events,... | |
 | James Mason - 1900 - 204 Seiten
...position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops, and place them more securely, but must abide all the consequences of your rashness....our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favourable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources." Chess demands reasonable exercise of the... | |
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... and it is therefore best that these rules should be observed ; as the game thereby becomes more the image of human life, and particularly of war ; in which, if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain... 
