The Autobiography and Other WritingsPenguin, 07.01.1986 - 272 Seiten This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman. Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of Poor Richard’s Almanac, from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the Autobiography. As fascinating and as relevant as ever, this timeless collection of writings reveals an extraordinary man whose mind was always curious, always questioning, and who forever remained dedicated to the principles of truth and liberty. |
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... America (excerpt) An Address to the Public; From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery A Miscellany of Franklin's Opinions Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading PENGUIN CLASSICS BEN FRANKLIN THE ...
... America (excerpt) An Address to the Public; From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery A Miscellany of Franklin's Opinions Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading PENGUIN CLASSICS BEN FRANKLIN THE ...
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... Americans for two centuries have endowed with his name their schools, their streets, their counties, their banks, and their children. Franklin gained his worldwide esteem for achievements not only individually impressive but also so ...
... Americans for two centuries have endowed with his name their schools, their streets, their counties, their banks, and their children. Franklin gained his worldwide esteem for achievements not only individually impressive but also so ...
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... clear, Franklin owed many of his opportunities to Do Good, as he owed much of his business success, to the emergence of Philadelphia as the cultural and commercial center of Colonial America. From a population of about 10,000.
... clear, Franklin owed many of his opportunities to Do Good, as he owed much of his business success, to the emergence of Philadelphia as the cultural and commercial center of Colonial America. From a population of about 10,000.
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... America. A tireless civic improver, he also contrived better methods of paving, cleaning, lighting, and heating the city. Perhaps no facet of the Autobiography is more prophetic and representative of American culture than his quest for ...
... America. A tireless civic improver, he also contrived better methods of paving, cleaning, lighting, and heating the city. Perhaps no facet of the Autobiography is more prophetic and representative of American culture than his quest for ...
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... America, he lacked a soul. Yet the very representative force of the Autobiography has obscured how it also subtly reveals a highly complex and unusual human being. In fact several “Franklins” play through the book: the hero, the ...
... America, he lacked a soul. Yet the very representative force of the Autobiography has obscured how it also subtly reveals a highly complex and unusual human being. In fact several “Franklins” play through the book: the hero, the ...
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