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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... lain on shore all night . We weighed anchor and with a moderate gale stood in for Cowes in the Isle of Wight , and came to an anchor before the town about eleven o'clock .... Friday, July 29 . . . The island is about [ 8 ] THE MAN.
... lain on shore all night . We weighed anchor and with a moderate gale stood in for Cowes in the Isle of Wight , and came to an anchor before the town about eleven o'clock .... Friday, July 29 . . . The island is about [ 8 ] THE MAN.
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... island is about sixty miles in circumference, and produces plenty of corn and other provisions, and wool as fine as Cotswold; its militia having the credit of equalling the soldiery, and being the best disciplined in England. [Joseph ...
... island is about sixty miles in circumference, and produces plenty of corn and other provisions, and wool as fine as Cotswold; its militia having the credit of equalling the soldiery, and being the best disciplined in England. [Joseph ...
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... island , and having gone about two miles , we headed a creek that runs up one end of the town , and then went to Freshwater church , about a mile nearer the town , but on the other side of the creek . Having stayed here some time it ...
... island , and having gone about two miles , we headed a creek that runs up one end of the town , and then went to Freshwater church , about a mile nearer the town , but on the other side of the creek . Having stayed here some time it ...
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... Island , where they visited her brother - in - law Samuel Ward , the future governor of Rhode Island , and his family . From Westerly , Catharine returned to her home on Block Island , while Franklin made his leisurely way back to ...
... Island , where they visited her brother - in - law Samuel Ward , the future governor of Rhode Island , and his family . From Westerly , Catharine returned to her home on Block Island , while Franklin made his leisurely way back to ...
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... Island . I was extreamly pleas'd with the Turff [ peat from a Rhode Island bog ] you sent me . The Irish People who have seen it , say , ' tis the right Sort ; but I cannot learn that we have anything like it here . The Cheeses ...
... Island . I was extreamly pleas'd with the Turff [ peat from a Rhode Island bog ] you sent me . The Irish People who have seen it , say , ' tis the right Sort ; but I cannot learn that we have anything like it here . The Cheeses ...
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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