 Divinity; tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble.  The Republican - עמוד 5521825תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 608 דפים
...is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble." 49 The last letter Franklin ever wrote was, fittingly, to Thomas Jefferson, his spiritual heir as the... | |
 | Joseph P. Hester - 2003 - 285 דפים
...is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble." — Benjamin Franklin (Alice J. Hall, "Philosopher of Dissent: Benj. Franklin," National Geographic,... | |
 | William Lee Miller - 2003 - 296 דפים
...is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the truth with less Trouble." Moreover, Franklin, like the others, affirmed much that American Protestants would affirm, after a... | |
 | Howard Clarke - 2003 - 328 דפים
...divinity, Benjamin Franklin wrote a month before his death (1790) that it was "needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble."41 Jesus next enters "their synagogue" (v. 9), and these words or their equivalent, occurring... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2004 - 586 דפים
...is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble."49 The last letter Franklin ever wrote was, fittingly, to Thomas Jefferson, his spiritual... | |
 | Alan Colmes - 2003 - 339 דפים
...it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the Truth." Franklin may well have soon found out the truth, for he died a month later. Why is it so important... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison, Jeffrey Morrison - 2004 - 314 דפים
...saw or is likely to see." Indeed, while Franklin questioned Christ's divinity, he saw "no harm ... in its being believed, if that Belief has the good...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed." 24 What moral doctrine did Christ preach? Benevolence. Franklin's moral philosophy... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad - 2004 - 144 דפים
...with characteristic wit — •writing at age 84 — that he would not undertake to study the issue now "when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble." In the realm of religion, Franklin did not "dogmatize" about very much. He was respectful of the religious... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 315 דפים
...is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of...it has, of making his Doctrines more respected and better observed; especially as I do not perceive, that the Supreme takes it amiss, by distinguishing... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 256 דפים
...is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of...it has, of making his doctrines more respected and better observed, especially as I do not perceive that the Supreme Being takes it amiss, by distinguishing... | |
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