OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

WITH SELECTIONS

FROM HIS OTHER WRITINGS

I would rather have it said "He lived usefully," than "He died rich."

Benjamin Franklin

The Father of all the yankees.

Thomas Carlyle

EDITED

WITH COMMENTS, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND
TOPICS FOR STUDY

BY

H. A. DAVIDSON, M. A.

BOSTON, U. S. A.

D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

1908