 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...action; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent efiVcts. Place before the eyes of such, men, a post of honor that shall at the same time be a place of firojtt, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it. The vast number of such places it is, that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men a post of honour, that shall at the same time be a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men a post of honour, that shall at the same time be a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men, a post of honour that shall at the same timo be a place of preßt, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 708 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects....before the eyes of such men a post of honor, that shall be at the same time a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it. The vast number... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...Separately, each of them has great force in prompting men to action ; but when united in view of the same object, they have, in many minds, the most violent...before the eyes of such men a post of honor, that shall be at the same time a place of prolit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it. And of what... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but, when united in view of the same• object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men a post of honort that shall at the same time be a place of profit, and they will move Heaven and earth to obtain... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but, when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects....they will move heaven and earth to obtain it." The country's experience has proved the truth of this; but where shall we find a remedy ? Franklin made... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 680 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects....before the eyes of such men a post of honor, that shall be at the same time a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it. The vast number... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action ; but, when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects....they will move heaven and earth to obtain it." The country's experience has proved the truth of this ; but where shall we find a remedy ? Franklin made... | |
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Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence on the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice; the love of power, and the love of money. Separately each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but when united in view of... 
