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" When those difficult cases occur, they are difficult, chiefly because, while we have them under consideration, all the reasons pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another,... "
The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.I. Letters on ... - Page xxii
by Benjamin Franklin - 1818
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The Monthly repository (and review)., Volume 12

1817 - 798 pages
...sometimes one set present themselves ; and at other times another, the first being out of sight. Henre the various purposes or inclinations that alternately...the uncertainty that perplexes us. To get over this, iny way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and...
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The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ..., Volume 9

1817 - 608 pages
...firo, and con, are not present to the mind at the same time; but sometimes one set present themselves; and at other times another, the first being out of...paper by a line into two columns, writing over the one firo, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration,! put down under the different...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

Books - 1817 - 576 pages
...con are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves; andat other times another, the first being out of sight....columns ; writing over the one pro and over the other eon .then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints...
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Northern Star and Yorkshire Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1

Yorkshire (England) - 1817 - 94 pages
...times another, the first being out of sight. Нейсе the various purposes and inclinations that prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us, To get over this, my way is to divide a piece of paper, by .a line, into two columns ; writing over the one pro, and the other con : then...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 1

1817 - 630 pages
...pro and con, are not present to the mind as the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times, another, the first being out of sight. Hence the various purposes and inclinations that alternately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us. " To get over this,...
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The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 1

Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 pages
...pro and con, lie not present to the mind at the same time ; bnt sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of sight. Hence the various purposes and inclinations that prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us, To get over this, my way is to...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1817 - 630 pages
...pro and con, are not present to the mind as the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times, another, the first being out of sight. Hence the various purposes and inclinations that alternately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us. " To get over this,...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of...alternately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us. advantage from this kind of equation, in what may be called moral or prudential algebra. Wishing sincerely...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 pages
...Paris. — ED. ^T. 66.] MORAL ALGEBRA. 121 the same time; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of...paper by a line into two columns ; writing over the one/n>, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 566 pages
...member of the Royal Academy at Paris. — ED. the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of...get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of piper by a line into two columns ; writing over the one/r/?, and over the other con; then during three...
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