lies to hide one act of dishonesty. Therefore honesty is the best policy. Honesty truly is the best policy. Honesty is the best policy”… It is a widely recognized saying of Benjamin Franklin and it is considered one of the wisest sayings. It means that honesty was an important trait even several centuries ago. Benjamin Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack‚ which consisted of wise aphorisms‚ or sayings. "Honesty is the best policy" is one of his sayings that is universally recognized and encouraged
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2013. "Wealth." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster‚ n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013. "Billy Graham." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 11 Jan. 2013. Web. 01 Nov. 2013. "Shirley Manson." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 27 Oct. 2013. Web. 01 Nov. 2013. "Benjamin Franklin." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.
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Aristotle was correct when he said that “moral excellence comes about as a result of habit”. Religions and many successful people of the world have made a habit of committing moral acts in order to achieve their moral excellence and sense of virtue. Anyone can achieve moral excellence as long as they develop the habits that can take them to the level that they wish to reach. In the religion of Christianity Aristotle’s beliefs are intact. In the bible Christians are told of commandments that they
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In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography Franklin speaks of human reasoning‚ explaining how he himself reasoned his way to eating fish without eating animal food. Although Franklin does oppose his agreement of not eating animal food‚ he argues how humans are these “reasonable creatures” that can come up with a good reason for them to do what they want. A reason is like an excuse that can be used to get what you want. Franklin argues that humans are “reasonable creatures” that are enable to create
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he did it anyway. He pressed the golden button on the suitcase‚ the suitcase that did not belong to him‚ and opened it. Inside were stacks of small‚ green men‚ all staring judgmentally at him. “What do you think you are doing‚ young man?” Benjamin Franklin asked him abruptly. “What do you mean?” He asked him defensively. “Well we are obviously not yours to take‚ are we now?” Abraham Lincoln concluded. “You were supposed to transport us‚ not take us you thief!” George Washington said repulsively
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of Miss Polly Baker Benjamin Franklin creates this powerful and intelligent character in the fiction story‚ The Speech of Miss Polly Baker. At the beginning‚ Polly Baker starts out humbly in response to being accused of giving birth to a bastard child for the fifth time. She asks the jury to listen to what she has to say. As she continues to talk‚ Baker starts to make strong arguments against harsh punishments that women are to bear from having an illegitimate child. Franklin using the voice of a
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must have a firm relationship with each other because it will ensure their mutual safety and welfare (Doc 3) . William Penn agree that meetings and debates must be held for a better understanding of public safety (Doc 4). Other colonist such as Ben Franklin even made a cartoon to convince colonists to
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concept that all humans were created equal. This is evident in ‘A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity‚ Pleasure and Pain by Benjamin Franklin. He writes "If He is all-powerful‚ there can be nothing either existing or acting in the Universe against or without his Consent; and what He consents to must be good‚ because He is good; therefore‚ Evil doth not exist" (Franklin‚ 26). This shows that unlike the Puritans Deists believed that humans were not created undeserving of God’s grace. Deists believed
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Chapter 5 Social • Major population boom! o by 1775 there were 2.5 million people in 13 colonies o youthful and growing quickly • they were slowly moving westward past the Alleghenies • most populous colonies o Virginia o Massachusetts o Pennsylvania o North Carolina o Maryland • Cities o Philadelphia o New York o Boston o Charleston • Many races settled in America o Germans – fled religious persecution‚ for economy‚ and fleeing war mainly in Pennsylvania – Lutheran‚ very loyal
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different from‚ those of the writers of earlier periods. Four major Enlightenment writers were Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Paine‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Patrick Henry. Their main purpose was to write to educate and edify and not so much as to write for aesthetic purposes. Most of their work was designed to convey truth or give sound instruction on such issues of political‚ social‚ or economic interest as Benjamin Franklin’s "The Way to Wealth." The writers of the Enlightenment or‚ better put‚ die Aufklarung
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