...Enlightenment, Benjamin Franklin, had prayed that "a thorough knowledge of the Rights of Man may pervade all nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set...anywhere on its surface and say 'This is my country.' " Early in the nineteenth century many Americans came to feel that the Western Hemisphere was the only...

...grant that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all Nations of the Earth so that a Philosopher may set...anywhere on its Surface, and say, ' This is my Country.' " Remember Franklin's oft repeated assertion, " There never was a good War or a Bad Peace." Faithfully...

...grant that not only the love of Liberty but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man may pervade all Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set...anywhere on its Surface, and say 'This is my country.' " It is not only one colleague — and not only a colleague from the Free World — who has told me...

...1952. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, VOL. 96, NO. 4, AUGUST, 1952 may pervade all Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set...anywhere on its Surface, and say "This is My Country." By his intuitive understanding of human nature, and the essentials in the intricacies of diplomacy,...

.../iberty, but a thorough ^nowledge of the Rights of cJftTan, may pervade all the JVations of the 6*arth, so that a 'Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country." —Benjamin Franklin, 1789 This year — the 250th anniversary ot Franklin's birth — thi Information...

...Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so hat a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, This is my Country'." Franklin's spirit of universality has found rich modern expression in the Universal Declaration of...