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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... taken as representative of American ideals, criticisms of the book have often been framed as criticisms of the country as well. To some of Franklin's detractors, his pursuit of material success, moral regeneration, and social progress ...
... taken as representative of American ideals, criticisms of the book have often been framed as criticisms of the country as well. To some of Franklin's detractors, his pursuit of material success, moral regeneration, and social progress ...
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... taken the texts of Franklin's “Receipt to make a New-England Funeral Elegy” from The New-England Courant, June 25,1722; of “The Way to Wealth” from Poor Richard improved . . . for the Year of our Lord 1758 (Philadelphia, 1757); of “How ...
... taken the texts of Franklin's “Receipt to make a New-England Funeral Elegy” from The New-England Courant, June 25,1722; of “The Way to Wealth” from Poor Richard improved . . . for the Year of our Lord 1758 (Philadelphia, 1757); of “How ...
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... taken Notice of and patroniz'd by the then Lord Halifax. He died in 1702, Jan. 6, old Style,3 just 4 Years to a Day before I was born. The Account we receiv'd of his Life & Character from some old People at Ecton, I remember struck you ...
... taken Notice of and patroniz'd by the then Lord Halifax. He died in 1702, Jan. 6, old Style,3 just 4 Years to a Day before I was born. The Account we receiv'd of his Life & Character from some old People at Ecton, I remember struck you ...
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... taken home to assist my Father in his Business, which was that of a Tallow Chandler and Soap Boiler. A Business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his Arrival in New England & on finding his Dying Trade would not maintain his Family ...
... taken home to assist my Father in his Business, which was that of a Tallow Chandler and Soap Boiler. A Business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his Arrival in New England & on finding his Dying Trade would not maintain his Family ...
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... taken of what related to the Victuals on the Table, whether it was well or ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable or inferior to this or that other thing of the kind; so that I was bro't up in such a perfect ...
... taken of what related to the Victuals on the Table, whether it was well or ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable or inferior to this or that other thing of the kind; so that I was bro't up in such a perfect ...
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