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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... writing the Declaration of Independence, his role as American minister plenipotentiary to France, and his attendance at the convention that devised the Constitution of the United States — he brought a sensitive understanding of human ...
... writing the Declaration of Independence, his role as American minister plenipotentiary to France, and his attendance at the convention that devised the Constitution of the United States — he brought a sensitive understanding of human ...
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... Alger's. Less familiar is the fact that Franklin also attributes his business success to his love of reading and writing. Arrived in Philadelphia, he befriended other young “Lovers of Reading” — the book's most recurrent category for.
... Alger's. Less familiar is the fact that Franklin also attributes his business success to his love of reading and writing. Arrived in Philadelphia, he befriended other young “Lovers of Reading” — the book's most recurrent category for.
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... write effectively as a child, he later won the attention of rich and important men by his writing ability, which together with his careful printing brought new business. In sum, by early middle age he had despite his humble origins ...
... write effectively as a child, he later won the attention of rich and important men by his writing ability, which together with his careful printing brought new business. In sum, by early middle age he had despite his humble origins ...
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... writer. These distinctions matter, because much praise and condemnation of Franklin confuses the earnest young protagonist, the godlike creator of legend, or the avuncular narrator with the less easy to characterize author. Unlike his ...
... writer. These distinctions matter, because much praise and condemnation of Franklin confuses the earnest young protagonist, the godlike creator of legend, or the avuncular narrator with the less easy to characterize author. Unlike his ...
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... writing to a friend he recalled having been aboard a sloop on the Delaware River on a hot, windless day, the ship becalmed, the company not agreeable. Seeing near the riverside what seemed a green meadow with a large shade tree where he ...
... writing to a friend he recalled having been aboard a sloop on the Delaware River on a hot, windless day, the ship becalmed, the company not agreeable. Seeing near the riverside what seemed a green meadow with a large shade tree where he ...
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