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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... A Receipt to make a New-England Funeral Elegy Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress The Speech of Miss Polly Baker How to Secure Houses, &c. from Lightning The Kite Experiment The Way to Wealth An Edict by the King of.
... A Receipt to make a New-England Funeral Elegy Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress The Speech of Miss Polly Baker How to Secure Houses, &c. from Lightning The Kite Experiment The Way to Wealth An Edict by the King of.
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... house often quarreled. And he remembered his “very wise” father saying that “nothing was more common than for those who lov'd one another at a distance, to find many Causes of Dislike when they came together.” For himself, Franklin ...
... house often quarreled. And he remembered his “very wise” father saying that “nothing was more common than for those who lov'd one another at a distance, to find many Causes of Dislike when they came together.” For himself, Franklin ...
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... Houses” from Poor Richard for 1753; of “The Kite Experiment” from The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 19, 1752; of “Information to Those who Would Remove to America” and “An Address to the Public” from Albert Henry Smyth, ed., The ...
... Houses” from Poor Richard for 1753; of “The Kite Experiment” from The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 19, 1752; of “Information to Those who Would Remove to America” and “An Address to the Public” from Albert Henry Smyth, ed., The ...
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... , with whom my Father serv'd an Apprenticeship. There my Grandfather died and lies buried. We saw his Gravestone in 1758. His eldest Son Thomas liv'd in the House at Ecton, and left it with the Land to his only Child, a Daughter,
... , with whom my Father serv'd an Apprenticeship. There my Grandfather died and lies buried. We saw his Gravestone in 1758. His eldest Son Thomas liv'd in the House at Ecton, and left it with the Land to his only Child, a Daughter,
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... House with us some Years. He lived to a great Age. His Grandson Samuel Franklin now lives in Boston. He left behind him two Quarto Volumes, M.S. of his own Poetry, consisting of little occasional Pieces address'd to his Friends and ...
... House with us some Years. He lived to a great Age. His Grandson Samuel Franklin now lives in Boston. He left behind him two Quarto Volumes, M.S. of his own Poetry, consisting of little occasional Pieces address'd to his Friends and ...
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