 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...years ; but I declined it, from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions; riz. That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions...an opportunity to serve others by any invention of oura; and this we should do freely and generously. An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...declined it from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions ; viz. That as we etyoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we...to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this zee should do freely and generously. An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my pamphlet,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...with me on such occasions, viz. That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, me should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this tec. should do freely and generously. An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1838 - 632 pages
...I declined it from a principle, which has ever weighed with me on such occasions, viz. That, as toe enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others,...to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this me should do freely and generously. " An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...with me on such occasions, viz. That, as toe enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, ice should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and tkis tee should do freely and generously. " An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 548 pages
...inventions, acting on the principle, which, he says, "has always weighed with me on such occasions ; viz. That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions...ours; and this we should do freely and generously." Governor Thomas offered him a patent for his newly invented " Pennsylvania fireplace," or, as it was... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - Inventors - 1848 - 522 pages
...yet he refused to secure it to himself; assigning, as his reason, to those who urged him to do so, that " as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions...be glad of an opportunity to serve others, by any inventions of our own ; and this we should do freely and generously." PATENT-RIGHTS PUBLIC DEFENCE.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...years ; but I declined it, from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions, viz : That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be qlad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours / and this we should do freely and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1859 - 710 pages
...I declined it from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions, viz. Thai, as ice enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others,...serve others by any invention of ours ; and this we sfiould do freely and generously. An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my pamphlet,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1859 - 680 pages
...years; but I declined it, from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions, viz : That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions...others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve, olhirs by any invention of ours ¡and this we should Jo freely and generously.- , л An ironmonger... | |
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That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. 
