The Autobiography and Other WritingsSignet Classic, 1961 - Počet stran: 352 Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew prominence not only in America but in Britain and France as well. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. Nearly sixty years separate the earliest writings from the latest, an interval during which Franklin was continually balancing between the puritan values of his upbringing and the modern American world to which his career served as prologue. This edition provides a new text of the Autobiography, established with close reference to Franklin's original manuscript. It also includes a new transcription of the 1726 journal, and several pieces which have recently been identified as Franklin's own work. |
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... thought it a detest- able custom ; but it was necessary , he supposed , to drink strong beer that he might be strong ... thought it an imposition , as I had paid below . The master thought so , too , and forbad my paying it . I stood out ...
... thought it a detest- able custom ; but it was necessary , he supposed , to drink strong beer that he might be strong ... thought it an imposition , as I had paid below . The master thought so , too , and forbad my paying it . I stood out ...
Strana 123
... thought useful to the association . Calling in the aid of religion , I proposed to them the pro- claiming a fast to promote reformation and implore the blessing of Heaven on our undertaking . They embraced the motion , but as it was the ...
... thought useful to the association . Calling in the aid of religion , I proposed to them the pro- claiming a fast to promote reformation and implore the blessing of Heaven on our undertaking . They embraced the motion , but as it was the ...
Strana 157
... thought a good situation for one of the forts . In order to march thither , I assembled the companies at Bethlehem , the chief establishment of those people . I was surprized to find it in so good a posture of defence . The destruction ...
... thought a good situation for one of the forts . In order to march thither , I assembled the companies at Bethlehem , the chief establishment of those people . I was surprized to find it in so good a posture of defence . The destruction ...
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Introduction | 7 |
PART ONEThe Autobiography | 15 |
PART TWO Selected Writings | 182 |
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