Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin FranklinYale University Press, 01.01.2006 - 303 Seiten This engaging book reveals Benjamin Franklin’s human side—his tastes and habits, his enthusiasms, and his devotion to democracy and the people of the United States. Three hundred years after his birth, we may remember Franklin’s famous Autobiography, or his status as framer of the Declaration of Independence and the peace with Great Britain, or his experiments in electricity, or perhaps his sage advice on diligence and thrift. But historian Edmund S. Morgan invites us to meet the man himself, a sociable, good-natured, and extraordinary human being with boundless curiosity about the natural world and a vision of what America could be. Drawing on lifelong research in the vast Franklin archives, Morgan assembles both famous and lesser-known writings that offer insights into this founding father’s thinking. The book is organized around four major themes, each with an introduction. The first section includes journal excerpts and letters revealing Franklin’s personal tastes and habits. The second is devoted to Franklin’s inexhaustible intellectual energy and his scientific discoveries. The third and fourth chronicle his devotion to serving the people who became the United States both before and after the Revolution and to advancing his democratic vision of their future. Franklin’s humanity and genius have never seemed more real than in the pages of this appealing anthology. |
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... France — to get eign assistance , which he did very successfully . In 1782 , along with John Adams and John Jay , he negotiated the treaty with Great Britain that ended the war , but the treaty contained none of the articles to benefit ...
... France — to get eign assistance , which he did very successfully . In 1782 , along with John Adams and John Jay , he negotiated the treaty with Great Britain that ended the war , but the treaty contained none of the articles to benefit ...
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... France , has sent Whately one of the medallions with which the country honored its supporters abroad . In this long letter to his English friend , ranging over many subjects , we learn some- thing about how , at age seventy - nine , he ...
... France , has sent Whately one of the medallions with which the country honored its supporters abroad . In this long letter to his English friend , ranging over many subjects , we learn some- thing about how , at age seventy - nine , he ...
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... France at a distance , and on the right is the town and castle of Dover , with the green hills and chalky cliffs of England , to which we must now bid farewell . Albion , farewell ! Monday , July 25 All the morning calm . Afternoon THE ...
... France at a distance , and on the right is the town and castle of Dover , with the green hills and chalky cliffs of England , to which we must now bid farewell . Albion , farewell ! Monday , July 25 All the morning calm . Afternoon THE ...
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... France to Boston with salt. Our captain and Mr. D. went on board and stayed till evening, it being fine weather. Yesterday complaints being made that a Mr. G——n one of the passengers had with a fraudulent design marked the cards, a ...
... France to Boston with salt. Our captain and Mr. D. went on board and stayed till evening, it being fine weather. Yesterday complaints being made that a Mr. G——n one of the passengers had with a fraudulent design marked the cards, a ...
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... France , the Glasses that serve me best at Table to see what I eat , not being the best to see the Faces of those on the other Side of the Table who speak to me ; and when one's Ears are not well accustomed to the Sounds of a Language ...
... France , the Glasses that serve me best at Table to see what I eat , not being the best to see the Faces of those on the other Side of the Table who speak to me ; and when one's Ears are not well accustomed to the Sounds of a Language ...
Inhalt
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Part II Nature observed | 67 |
Part III A continental vision | 141 |
Part IV War peace and humanity | 219 |
Chronology | 289 |
Credits | 291 |
Index | 297 |
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