 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 glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do...  The Century: 1899 - Page 7501899Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...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...a good deal of my pamphlet, and working it up into liis own, and making some small changes in the machine, which rather hurt its operation, got a patent... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...enjoy great advantages frorn the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this we should...An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deul of my pamphlet and working it up into his own, and making sumo small changes in the machine, which... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...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...ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal ot my pamphlet, and working it up into his own, and making some small changes in the machine, which... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 pages
...we enjoy great advantages from the invention 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." This was another instance of his remarkable generosity, and it reminds us of that incident of his life... | |
 | Apprentices - 1865 - 138 pages
...we enjoy great advantages from the invention 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." This was another instance of his remarkable generosity, and it reminds us of that incident of his life... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Buildings - 1869 - 422 pages
...we enjoy great advantage 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 generoutly. " An ironmonger in London, however, assuming a good deal of my pamphlet, and working it... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...enjoy great advantages from the inventions of othdra, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." An ironmonger of London, having read Franklin's pamphlet, published it as his own, after a few changes, and taking... | |
 | Emily Taylor - Historical fiction - 1876 - 292 pages
...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." Acting on this principle of aiding and encouraging others, he took occasion to promote those of his... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1880 - 560 pages
...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...generously. An iron-monger in London, however, assuming a great deal of my pamphlet, and working it up into his own, and making some small changes in the machine,... | |
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