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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... present also in a detachment from things and from people. Much as the historical Franklin at twenty-two decided not to pray for some advantage lest it prove the reverse, the hero of the Autobiography decides never to put himself forward ...
... present also in a detachment from things and from people. Much as the historical Franklin at twenty-two decided not to pray for some advantage lest it prove the reverse, the hero of the Autobiography decides never to put himself forward ...
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... a swimming school. For him, ordinariness and typicality were but changes of garment. This modest, charming man had a mind like a razor, and he baffles us still. NOTE ON THE TEXTS The present text of the Autobiography.
... a swimming school. For him, ordinariness and typicality were but changes of garment. This modest, charming man had a mind like a razor, and he baffles us still. NOTE ON THE TEXTS The present text of the Autobiography.
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... present text of Franklin's “Outline” of the Autobiography also appears by permission of the University of California Press and of the owner of the manuscript, who in this instance is the J. Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. The ...
... present text of Franklin's “Outline” of the Autobiography also appears by permission of the University of California Press and of the owner of the manuscript, who in this instance is the J. Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. The ...
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... present Country Retirement, I sit down to write them for you. To which I have besides some other Inducements. Having emerg'd from the Poverty & Obscurity in which I was born & bred, to a State of Affluence & some Degree of Reputation in ...
... present Country Retirement, I sit down to write them for you. To which I have besides some other Inducements. Having emerg'd from the Poverty & Obscurity in which I was born & bred, to a State of Affluence & some Degree of Reputation in ...
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