We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of a plan, that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats. The Living Age - Strona 3501905Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Charles Sumner - 1875 - Liczba stron: 454
...other." Then again he says : " We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy, — the discovery of a plan that...reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this ? " 1 As diplomatist, Franklin strove to limit the evils of War. To him, while Minister at Paris,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1884 - Liczba stron: 564
...experiments with success. We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of a plan, that would...reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this? When will men be convinced, that even successful wars at length become misfortunes to those,... | |
| 1907 - Liczba stron: 1014
...Benjamin Franklin said : " We make daily great improvements in Natural, but there is one I wish to see in Moral, Philosophy — the discovery of a plan that...nations to settle their disputes without first cutting each other's throats." Fourteen years later the plan was discovered by John Jay, and incorporated in... | |
| Leon Henry Vincent - 1898 - Liczba stron: 254
...natural philosophy, and then says: ' There is one improvement in moral philosophy which I wish to see: the discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige...disputes without first cutting one another's throats.' Priestley lamented that a man of Franklin's character and influence 'should have been an unbeliever... | |
| 1899 - Liczba stron: 1046
...his theology. Benjamin Franklin wrote to Priestley: "There is one improvement which I wish to see, the discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige...disputes without first cutting one another's throats." A resident of the present "Wide-open " New York suspects a vein of humor in the Tammany Society on... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1900 - Liczba stron: 452
...other." Then again he says : " We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy, — the discovery of a plan that...reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this ? " 1 As diplomatist, Franklin strove to limit the evils of War. To him, while Minister at Paris,... | |
| 1901 - Liczba stron: 502
...240. [Written in 1780.] We make daily great improvements in natural — there is one I wish to see in moral — philosophy : the discovery of a plan that...reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this? When will men be convinced that even successful wars at length become misfortunes to those who... | |
| Edwin Doak Mead - 1903 - Liczba stron: 84
...Franklin sends from Paris : We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy : the discovery of a plan that would...reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this ? When will men be convinced that even successful wars at length become misfortunes to those who... | |
| Sir Robert Finlay - 1904 - Liczba stron: 46
...improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy, the discovery of a plan which will induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats." It was in the year 1780 that Franklin wrote these words7!illd Ms language seems to imply that the remedy... | |
| Iōannēs Gennadios - 1904 - Liczba stron: 98
...improvement in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral, philosophy : the discovery of a plan which will induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats." Finally, we may here record the words of an eminent Scottish jurist, Sir James Dalrymple, first Viscount... | |
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