 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1884 - 558 oldal
...the world, and a faithful friend of America." America, too, is extremely sensible of his benevolence and great beneficence towards her, and will ever revere...the very little that is done by many; for, such is the general frivolity of employments and amusements of the rank we call gentlemen, that every century... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 oldal
...To few who seek denied, — Too late we learn to prize above The whole round world beside. Whittier. IT is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it. Franklin. TAKE thou no scorn Of Fiction born, Fair Fiction's muse to woo : Old Homer's theme Was but... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 548 oldal
...III, i. 287. Dr. Franklin wrote much more highly of him. Speaking of what he had done, he said : — ' It is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man,// he 'will make a business of it.' Franklin's Memoirs, ed. 1818, iii. 135. 1 See ante, iv. 89. BOSWELL.... | |
 | American Society for Extension of University Teaching - 1897 - 476 oldal
...human being is of great consequence." "The parents buy the books, and the children never read them." " It is prodigious, the quantity of good that may be...done by one man, if he will make a business of it." " The greater part of mankind have no character at all." " Let us not be found, when our Master calls... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 746 oldal
...the World, and a faithful Friend of America." America, too, is extremely sensible of his Benevolence and great Beneficence towards her, and will ever revere...Man, if he will make a Business of it. It is equally surprizing to think of the very little that is done by many ; for, such is the general Frivolity of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 1056 oldal
...the World, and a faithful Friend of America." America, too, is extremely sensible of his Benevolence and great Beneficence towards her, and will ever revere...the quantity of Good that may be done by one Man, i\ he will make a Business of it. It is equally surprizing to think of the very little that is done... | |
 | Sir Charles Grant Robertson - 1911 - 602 oldal
...long," said Johnson, " it commonly attains to think right." " It is prodigious," he also remarked, " the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it." These two sentences mirror the careers of four notable reformers. Johnson himself was one of the earliest... | |
 | Herbert Brook Workman - 1912 - 158 oldal
...again." l In John Wesley the opportunity found the hero. " It is prodigious," remarked Johnson once, " the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it." And throughout his long life Wesley certainly made this his one " business." In an age of indifference... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 oldal
...chance seed was sown, it fell upon ground eager to receive it. It was an observation of Franklin that the quantity of good that may be done by one man, if he will make a business of doing good, is prodigious. The saying in its various forms presupposed the sacrifice of all studies,... | |
 | C.GRANT ROBERTSON,C.M.G. - 1921 - 654 oldal
...long," said Johnson, " it commonly attains- to think right." " It is prodigious," he also remarked, " the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it." These two sentences mirror the careers of four notable reformers. Johnson himself was one of the earliest... | |
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America, too, is extremely sensible of his benevolence and great beneficence towards her, and will ever revere his memory. These volumes are a proof of what I have sometimes had occasion to say, in encouraging people to undertake difficult public services,... 
