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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... present way of living here on board . Our company is in general very unsuitably mixed , to keep up the pleasure and spirit of conversation : and if there are one or two pair of us that can sometimes entertain one another for half an ...
... present way of living here on board . Our company is in general very unsuitably mixed , to keep up the pleasure and spirit of conversation : and if there are one or two pair of us that can sometimes entertain one another for half an ...
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... present condition than they have been since we came out; which I take to proceed from the contemplation of the miserable circumstances of the passengers on board our neighbour, and making the comparison. We reckon ourselves in a kind of ...
... present condition than they have been since we came out; which I take to proceed from the contemplation of the miserable circumstances of the passengers on board our neighbour, and making the comparison. We reckon ourselves in a kind of ...
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... present at her marriage to William Hewson , a distinguished physician , in 1770. Hewson died in 1774 ; and after the Revolutionary War Polly left England for Philadelphia in order to be near Franklin in his old age . The letter to her ...
... present at her marriage to William Hewson , a distinguished physician , in 1770. Hewson died in 1774 ; and after the Revolutionary War Polly left England for Philadelphia in order to be near Franklin in his old age . The letter to her ...
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... present only in one Company , but may at the same time be absent in twenty . He can please only where he is , you wherever you are not . To Catharine Ray , 1755 Philada . Sept. 11. 1755 Begone , Business , for an Hour , at least , and ...
... present only in one Company , but may at the same time be absent in twenty . He can please only where he is , you wherever you are not . To Catharine Ray , 1755 Philada . Sept. 11. 1755 Begone , Business , for an Hour , at least , and ...
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... Present . We talk of you every Time it comes to Table ; She is sure you are a sensible Girl , and a notable Housewife ; and talks of bequeathing me to you as a Legacy ; But I ought to wish you a better , and hope she will live these 100 ...
... Present . We talk of you every Time it comes to Table ; She is sure you are a sensible Girl , and a notable Housewife ; and talks of bequeathing me to you as a Legacy ; But I ought to wish you a better , and hope she will live these 100 ...
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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