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I strived for moral perfection through a daily checklist from "summary" of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use a little book for marking down every fault I found in myself, as I went through life. I judged it would be well to carry a little book with me, in which I might gradually mark down every fault, and every good quality that appeared in me. I had a daily checklist that consisted of thirteen virtues which I determined to cultivate. I made a little book in which to note them all; and if I should be able, upon a careful self-examination, to find that I was at the end of the day guilty of any fault, I would mark it down in my little book. I made a little book in which to note them all; and if I should be able, upon a careful self-examination, to find that I was at the end of the day guilty of any fault, I would mark it down in my little book. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use a little book for marking down every fault I found in myself, as I went through life. I judged it would be well to carry a little book wit...
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