“Help me, Father!
That I may
have tenderness for the weak, and reverent respect for the ancient; that I may
be kind to my neighbours, good-natured to my companions, and hospitable to strangers,
Help me, O Father!
That I may be
averse to craft and over-reaching, abhor extortion, perjury, and every kind of
wickedness, Help me, O Father!
That I may be honest and open-hearted, gentle, merciful,
and good, cheerful in spirit, rejoicing in the good of others, Help me, O
Father!” —Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin (1818)
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