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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... Perhaps no facet of the Autobiography is more prophetic and representative of American culture than his quest for the New and Improved. In this he incarnated the profoundly American belief that things can be changed. The Autobiography ...
... Perhaps no facet of the Autobiography is more prophetic and representative of American culture than his quest for the New and Improved. In this he incarnated the profoundly American belief that things can be changed. The Autobiography ...
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... perhaps had for Franklin the psychological advantage of warding off disappointment. However that may be, Franklin was among the first to understand the power of the press and of advertising, and his cunningly ingratiating style marks an ...
... perhaps had for Franklin the psychological advantage of warding off disappointment. However that may be, Franklin was among the first to understand the power of the press and of advertising, and his cunningly ingratiating style marks an ...
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... perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own Vanity. Indeed I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory Words, Without Vanity I may say, &c but some vain thing immediately follow'd. Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share they ...
... perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own Vanity. Indeed I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory Words, Without Vanity I may say, &c but some vain thing immediately follow'd. Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share they ...
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... perhaps from the Time when the Name Franklin that before was the Name of an Order of People, was assum'd by them for a Surname, when others took Surnames all over the Kingdom. — (Here a Note)1 on a Freehold of about 30 Acres, aided by ...
... perhaps from the Time when the Name Franklin that before was the Name of an Order of People, was assum'd by them for a Surname, when others took Surnames all over the Kingdom. — (Here a Note)1 on a Freehold of about 30 Acres, aided by ...
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... perhaps for his Station. There fell lately into my Hands in London a Collection he had made of all the principal Pamphlets relating to Public Affairs from 1641 to 1717. Many of the Volumes are wanting, as appears by the Numbering, but ...
... perhaps for his Station. There fell lately into my Hands in London a Collection he had made of all the principal Pamphlets relating to Public Affairs from 1641 to 1717. Many of the Volumes are wanting, as appears by the Numbering, but ...
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