 | 1900 - 514 Seiten
...view to correct (among a few young friends) some little improprieties in the practice of it, shows at the same time that it may, in its effects on the...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | Chauncey C. Starkweather - 1900 - 450 Seiten
...view to correct (among a few young friends) some little improprieties in the practice of it, shows at the same time that it may, in its effects on the...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | James Mason - 1900 - 204 Seiten
...need never be played for money. Then he continues : — " Life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a great variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 566 Seiten
...view to correct (among a few young friends) some little improprieties in the practice of it, shows at the same time that it may, in its effects on the...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 396 Seiten
...view to correct (among a few young friends) some little improprieties in the practice of it, shows at the same time that it may, in its effects on the...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 468 Seiten
...habits, ready on all occasions. For Life is a kind of Chess, in which we often have Points to gain, & Competitors or Adversaries to contend with; and in which there is a vast variety of good and 5ll Events, that are in some degree the Effects of Prudence or the want of it. By playing at Chess,... | |
 | Hilaire Dubourcq - 2004 - 208 Seiten
...bathroom. Would you forgive me for this indiscretion? MORALS OF CHESS By Benjamin Franklin (June 1779) The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement....adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.... | |
 | Eric Wertheimer - 2006 - 220 Seiten
...several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on...is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are ... the effect of prudence or the want of it. By analogy, life is not merely a machine, nor a theological... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 522 Seiten
...view to correct (among a few young friends) some little improprieties in the practice of it, shows at the same time that it may, in its effects on the...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
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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. For life is a kind of chess,... 
