 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...and princes. " Look round the habitable world, how few " Know their own good, or knowing it pursue!" Those who govern having much business on their hands,...from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. The Governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the assembly, expressed'his approbation of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...and princes. " Look round the habitable world, how few "Know their own good, or knowing it pursue!" Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...carrying into execution new projects. The best public meaw See Vol. IV. page 1, of this edition. sures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...princes. " Look round the habitable world, how few " Know their own good, or knowing it pursue !" These who govern, having much business on their hands, do...carrying into execution new projects. The best public mea. ' 7 9e« Vol. IV. page 1, of this edition. sures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom,... | |
 | Richard Cruttwell - 1825 - 612 pages
...intended destination. 219 TRACT, No. 1. jptnanct* Those who govern, having much business on their bunds, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering...public measures are therefore seldom adopted from wisdom, but forced by the occasion, — FRANKLIN. [The substance of these Tracts were first published... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...and princes. " Look round the habitable world, how fen' Know their own good, or knowing it pursue !" Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...public measures are therefore seldom adopted from fmioiu wisdom, but forced by the occasion. The governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 pages
...and princes. "Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!" Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. The Governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the Assembly, expressed his approbation of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...and princes. . "Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!" Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. The Governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the Assembly, expressed his approbation of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...and princes. "Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!" Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. The Governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the Assembly, expressed his approbation of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...princes. " Look round the habitable world, — how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue ! " Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.* The Governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the Assembly, expressed his approbation of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...and princes. "Look round the habitable world, how fewKnow their own good, or, knowing it, pursue !" Those who govern, having much business on their hands,...from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. The Governor of Pennsylvania, in sending it down to the Assembly, expressed his approbation of the... | |
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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. 
