Franklin wrote that there was something more powerful than his intention to livevirtuously. What was that rnore powerful thing?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached we can say the following.

Franklin wrote that there was something more powerful than his intention to live virtuously. What was that more powerful thing?

The human propensity to live the opposite habits that were against the 13 virtues he considered essential to people's lives. Those things were not virtuous for people.

That is why he came up with 13 virtues he considered necessary in every people's life. We are talking about Resolution, Silence, Order, Temperance,  Sincerity, Industry, Frugality, Cleanliness, Moderation, Justice, Humility, and Chastity:

Benjamin also wrote that it could be impossible to get these all virtues all the time but that people should aspire to have them all in different moments of their lives to have a decent and good way of living.  

in 1803 the louisiana purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. by 1840 almost 7 million americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. the belief that settlers were destined to expand to the west is often referred to as manifest destiny.

explanation:

when in doubt choose c

it's what my teacher told my class when we were going into psats