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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... opinion of the world , seeing he was so careful to make sure of a monument to record his good actions and transmit them to posterity . Having taken a view of the church , town , and fort , ( on which there is seven large guns mounted ) ...
... opinion of the world , seeing he was so careful to make sure of a monument to record his good actions and transmit them to posterity . Having taken a view of the church , town , and fort , ( on which there is seven large guns mounted ) ...
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... opinion among the ladies , that if a man is ill - natured he infallibly discovers it when he is in liquor . But I , who have known many instances to the contrary , will teach them a more effectual method to discover the natural temper ...
... opinion among the ladies , that if a man is ill - natured he infallibly discovers it when he is in liquor . But I , who have known many instances to the contrary , will teach them a more effectual method to discover the natural temper ...
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... covering while they remained in the condition of embrios , sticking close to his natural shell upon his back . This sufficiently confirms me in my opinion of the manner of their generation THE YOUNG MAN AND THE OLD MAN [ 17 ]
... covering while they remained in the condition of embrios , sticking close to his natural shell upon his back . This sufficiently confirms me in my opinion of the manner of their generation THE YOUNG MAN AND THE OLD MAN [ 17 ]
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Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Edmund S. Morgan. me in my opinion of the manner of their generation . I have put this remarkable crab with a piece of the gulf - weed , shells , & c . into a glass phial filled ...
Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Edmund S. Morgan. me in my opinion of the manner of their generation . I have put this remarkable crab with a piece of the gulf - weed , shells , & c . into a glass phial filled ...
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... Opinion of one's self and of every thing that belongs to us , to think one's own Religion , King and Wife the best of all possible Wives , Kings & Religions .... By Mr Dollond's [ John Dolland , a London optician , inventor of the ...
... Opinion of one's self and of every thing that belongs to us , to think one's own Religion , King and Wife the best of all possible Wives , Kings & Religions .... By Mr Dollond's [ John Dolland , a London optician , inventor of the ...
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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