...Franklin (pp. 19 & 20) had a rather long but effective procedure for decision making when he said: My way is to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns, writing over one Pro and over the other Con. Then, during three or four days consideration, I put down under the...

...ago. Franklin's biographer, Walter Isaacson, quoted this forefather as saying, " 'My way is to divide a sheet of paper by a line into two columns, writing over the one Pro and the other Con.' " Isaacson noted, "Then he would list all the arguments on each side and weigh how...

...pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time, but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of...sight. Hence the various purposes or inclinations that alternatively prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us. To get over this, my way is to divide...

...and con, are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves ; and at other times another, the first being out of...columns : writing over the one pro, and over the other сон : then during three or four days consideration, 1 put down under the different heads, short...

...and con, are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves ; and at other times another, the first being out of...to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two colunms : writing over the one ^wo, and over the other con : then during three or four days' consideration,...

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