The Autobiography and Other WritingsSignet Classic, 1961 - 352 Seiten Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew prominence not only in America but in Britain and France as well. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. Nearly sixty years separate the earliest writings from the latest, an interval during which Franklin was continually balancing between the puritan values of his upbringing and the modern American world to which his career served as prologue. This edition provides a new text of the Autobiography, established with close reference to Franklin's original manuscript. It also includes a new transcription of the 1726 journal, and several pieces which have recently been identified as Franklin's own work. |
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... common stock , eat at common tables , and slept in common dormitories , great numbers together . In the dor- mitories I observed loopholes at certain distances all along just under the ceiling , which I thought judiciously placed for ...
... common stock , eat at common tables , and slept in common dormitories , great numbers together . In the dor- mitories I observed loopholes at certain distances all along just under the ceiling , which I thought judiciously placed for ...
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... common in Mary- land , he answered pleasantly , " No , not at all common ; but we got this on purpose to treat Mr. Franklin . ” And a very high treat it was , to Dear Sir , Your affectionate friend and humble servant . ... [ 5 ] ...
... common in Mary- land , he answered pleasantly , " No , not at all common ; but we got this on purpose to treat Mr. Franklin . ” And a very high treat it was , to Dear Sir , Your affectionate friend and humble servant . ... [ 5 ] ...
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... common element , of which every one of the three persons above mentioned has his equal share , before any operation is begun with the tube . A , who stands on wax and rubs the tube , collects the electrical fire from himself into the ...
... common element , of which every one of the three persons above mentioned has his equal share , before any operation is begun with the tube . A , who stands on wax and rubs the tube , collects the electrical fire from himself into the ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 7 |
PART ONEThe Autobiography | 15 |
PART TWO Selected Writings | 182 |
Urheberrecht | |
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