...time Franklin gave considerable attention to ethical problems, coming to the conclusion, he tells us, that "truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life; and I form'd written resolutions, which still remain in my journal book, to practice them ever while...

...as is common in metaphysical reasonings. I grew convinc'd that truth, sincerity and integrity in i dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life; and I form'd written resolutions, which still remain in my journal book, to practice them ever while...

...unperceived into my argument, so as to infect all that followed, as is common in metaphysical reasonings. I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity...were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life ; and I formed written resolutions, which still remain in my journal book, to practice them ever while...

...into my argument, so as to infect all that followed, as is common in metaphysical reasonings. 25 I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life; and I formed written resolutions, which still remain in my journal book, to practise them ever while...

...acquaintances grew rapidly, both in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. "I grew convinced," he naively says, "that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life." Not long after his return from England he founded in Philadelphia the Junto, a society which at its...

...acquaintances grew rapidly, both in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. "I grew convinced," he naively says, "that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life." Not long after his return from England he founded in Philadelphia the Junto, a society which at its...

...acquaintances grew rapidly, both in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. "I grew convinced," he naively says, "that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life." Not long after his return from England he founded in Philadelphia the Junto, a society which at its...

...of life. This discovery he mentions in the autobiography with his characteristic simplicity. ' ' I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity,...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life. ' ' " Many more evidences might be given, did space permit, of the reasons which led Franklin to turn...

...reasonings. ' The occasion of its composition has earlier been mentioned. It was printed in 1725. 94 95 I and I formed written resolutions, which still remain in my journal book, to practice them ever while...

...but rather to excuse faults. Revealed religion had, he says, no weight with him ; but he had become convinced that "truth, sincerity, and integrity in...of the utmost importance to the felicity of life." Although revealed religion seemed of no importance to him, he had begun to think that, "though certain...