 I am still of opinion that it was a practicable scheme, and might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable...  Views on Vexed Questions - Seite 236von William Wirt Kinsley - 1881 - 380 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...Number of good Citizens: And I was not discourag'd by the seeming Magnitude of the Undertaking, as I have always thought that one Man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, & accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good Plan, and, cutting off all Amusements... | |
 | Penny Schine Gold, Benjamin C. Sax - 2000 - 332 Seiten
...remark, commonly regarded as Franklin's credo, bears out his devotion to work, order, and efficacy: "I have always thought that one Man of tolerable Abilities...Employments that would divert his Attention, makes the Esecution of that same Plan his sole Study and Business."1u Proper planning and a clear and distinct... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 Seiten
...number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities...execution of that same plan his sole study and business. In 1732 I first published my Almanac, under the name of Richard Saunders; it was continued by me about... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 Seiten
...Magnitude of the Undertaking." Always confident in man's ability to improve his world, Franklin wrote, I have always thought that one Man of tolerable Abilities...Execution of that same Plan his sole Study and Business. 1CH APPENDIX: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO JOSEPH HUEYJUNE 6,1753 los "... The faith you mention has doubtless... | |
 | Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine - 2003 - 274 Seiten
..."Desire, ask, believe, receive. " —STELLA TERRILL MANN CHAPTER 13 Writing Your Second Act Script "/ have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities...other employments that would divert his attention, make the execution ofthat same plan his sole study and business. " —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I t bothers... | |
 | R. W. Burns - 2004 - 658 Seiten
...Their early investigations exemplified a statement of Benjamin Franklin: 'I have always thought that a man of tolerable abilities may work great changes,...that would divert his attention, makes the execution ofthat same plan his sole study and business.' Neither Baird nor Marconi had any highly original suggestions... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - 2004 - 330 Seiten
...connections that helped him in his business. CIVIC AFFAIRS Franklin, as he said in his Autohiography, "always thought that one Man of tolerable Abilities...Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good Plan and . . . makes the Execution of that same Plan his sole Study and Business."" To the young Franklin it... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 Seiten
...as I have always thought thai one Man of tolerahle Ahilities mai work great Changes, and aceomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good Plan, and, cutting off all Amusemeuts or other Employmems that would divert his Attemion, makes the Esecution of that same Plan... | |
 | Ashley L Hodge - 2005 - 145 Seiten
...because he understood the value of planning, focus and hard work. In his autobiography he remarks, "I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities...execution of that same plan his sole study and business." Ben believed that going to bed early and waking up early were keys to effectiveness. His famous saying... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 Seiten
...number of good citizens, and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities...execution of that same plan his sole study and business. In 1732 I first published my almanac, under the name of Richard Saunders; it was continued by me about... | |
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