Read this passage from the autobiography by benjamin franklin. why did franklin add the virtue of humility to his list? my list of virtues contained at first but twelve: but a quaker friend having kindly informed me that i was generally thought proud; that my pride showed itself frequently in conversation; that i was not content with being in the right when discussing any point, but was overbearing and rather insolent; of which he convinced me by mentioning several instances; —i determined endeavoring to cure myself if i could of this vice or folly among the rest, and i added humility to my list, giving an extensive meaning to the word.   a franklin thought it would be an easier virtue for him to master so he added it.     b  he had meant to add it but left it off. a friend pointed that out to him                        c a member of the quakers accused him of being proud and insolent. d franklin realized that no list of virtues was complete without humility on it.

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