Now, I made use of them in a way that was for the advantage of many persons.

I thought it right to aim at doing good to the greatest number." "My son," said Mr.Franklin, solemnly, "so far as it was in your power, you have done a greater harm to the public than to the owner of the stones." "How can that he, father ?" asked Ben.
"Because," answered his father, "in building your wharf with stolen materials, you have committed a moral wrong.

There is no more terrible mistake than to violate what is eternally right for the sake of a seeming expediency.

Those who act upon such a principle do the utmost in their power to destroy all that is good in the world." "Heaven forbid!" said Benjamin.
"No act," continued Mr.Franklin, "can possibly be for the benefit of the public generally which involves injustice to any individual.

It would be easy to prove this by examples.