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" Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for... "
Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 216
1823
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How Benjamin Franklin, the printer boy, made his mark

William Makepeace Thayer - 1875 - 298 pages
...influence on some o''% the principal future events of my life." And lie wrote to a son of Cotton Mather, " I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 pages
...remainder gave me such a. turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a tioer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful...
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A reader for the higher grades of schools

William M. Thayer - 1893 - 464 pages
...and Dr. Mather's " Essay To Do Good." In his manhood, Dr. Franklin wrote to a son of Dr. Mather : " I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation, and, if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public...
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A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present ...

Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public...
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Quiver: Designed for the Defense and Promotion of Biblical Truth, and the ...

1895 - 978 pages
...Franklin read as a boy was " Eesays to do Good." This influenced his conduct through life, and made him always "set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation." GIVE YOUR HAND. On one occasion during the Peninsular war, the Duke...
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An Introduction to the Study of American Literature

Brander Matthews - 1896 - 310 pages
...this last gave him such a turn of thinking that it influenced his conduct through life and made him always "set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation." It was this bookish inclination which determined his father to make...
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Public Libraries, Volume 2

1897 - 564 pages
...Franklin found in Essays to do good, thoughts that influenced his conduct through life, and made him set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any mere reputation. Robert Collyer, who worked his way from the anvil in a little English town...
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Selections from Autobiography: Poor Richard's Almanac, Advice to a Young ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if 1 have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public...
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The Century: 1898, Volume 57

1899 - 1012 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public...
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