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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... received more faithful service , and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them , than they could possibly have done , if instead of being beloved and respected they had been hated and feared by those they ...
... received more faithful service , and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them , than they could possibly have done , if instead of being beloved and respected they had been hated and feared by those they ...
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... received him into unity again. Man is a sociable being, and it is for aught I know one of the worst of punishments to be excluded from society. I have read abundance of fine things on the subject of solitude , and I know ' tis a the ...
... received him into unity again. Man is a sociable being, and it is for aught I know one of the worst of punishments to be excluded from society. I have read abundance of fine things on the subject of solitude , and I know ' tis a the ...
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... receive the Children , and we often meet Trains of them on the Road returning to the neighbouring Villages with each a Child in Arms . But those who are good enough to try this way of raising their Children , are often not able to pay ...
... receive the Children , and we often meet Trains of them on the Road returning to the neighbouring Villages with each a Child in Arms . But those who are good enough to try this way of raising their Children , are often not able to pay ...
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... receive from one of yours , is more than you can have from two of mine . The small News , the domestic Occurrences among our Friends , the natural Pictures you draw of Persons , the sensible Obser- vations and Reflections you make , and ...
... receive from one of yours , is more than you can have from two of mine . The small News , the domestic Occurrences among our Friends , the natural Pictures you draw of Persons , the sensible Obser- vations and Reflections you make , and ...
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... receiving one from me , tho ' it should be of little Importance , such as this , which is to consist of a few occasional Remarks made here and in my Journey hither . Soon after I left you in that agreable Society at Bromley [ the ...
... receiving one from me , tho ' it should be of little Importance , such as this , which is to consist of a few occasional Remarks made here and in my Journey hither . Soon after I left you in that agreable Society at Bromley [ the ...
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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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