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" Our debates were to be under the direction of a president and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions or direct... "
Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition - Página 189
por John Durham Peters - 2010 - 316 páginas
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Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States

Christopher Looby - 1996 - 304 páginas
...conducted in a spirit of goodwill, "without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory," and where "all Expressions of Positiveness in Opinion, or of...Contradiction, were after some time made contraband & prohibited under small pecuniary Penalties" (p. 1361). So Franklin adopted his father's practice...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 páginas
...in three Months produce and read an Essay of his own Writing on any Subject he pleased. Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and...Contradiction, were after some time made contraband & prohibited under small pecuniary Penalties. The first Members were, Joseph Brientnal, a Copyer of...
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 páginas
...in three Months produce and read an Essay of his own Writing on any Subject he pleased. Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and...Contradiction, were after some time made contraband & prohibited under small pecuniary Penalties. The first Members were, Joseph Brientnal, a Copyer of...
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Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader

David C. Hammack - 1998 - 508 páginas
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and, to prevent warmth, all...
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Benjamin Franklin and His Gods

Kerry S. Walters - 1999 - 236 páginas
...in little more than hot tempers and angry words. He therefore stipulated that the Junto debates were "to be conducted in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry...without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory," and even provided for financial penalties for offending members. 7 A scan of a few of the "queries to be...
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Recovering Benjamin Franklin: An Exploration of a Life of Science and Service

James Campbell - 1999 - 322 páginas
...Writing on any Subject he pleased." In their discussions, the Junto members pledged to be guided by "the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth, without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire for Victory" (A: 11 7); and Franklin reports that these discussions functioned as a testing ground...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 páginas
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and, to prevent warmth, all...
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Adult and Continuing Education: Liberal adult education (part 2)

Peter Jarvis, Colin Griffin - 2003 - 466 páginas
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and, to prevent warmth, all...
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Medicine: Preserving the Passion in the 21st Century

Phil R. Manning, Lois DeBakey - 2007 - 478 páginas
...a Club for mutual Improvement, which we called the Junto. We met on Friday Evening .... Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and...without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory. . . . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 6 In 1911, because Winston Churchill was denied membership in a dining club...
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Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and ...

Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 páginas
...Writing on any Suhject he pleased. Our Dehates were to he under the Direction of a Presidem, and to he conducted in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth,...Fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory; and to prevem Warmth all Espressions of Positiveness in Opinions or of direct Comradiction, were after some...
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