The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Franklin ends his list of virtues with humility. did you have evidence of pride--the opposite of humility--in his history? If so, where?

Franklin ends his list of virtues with humility. did you have evidence of pride--the opposite of humility--in his history? If so, where?

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I think that Franklin had pride and was aware of it. He just tried to control it,

My list of virtues continued 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.