The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac, and Familiar LettersPrinter, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, scientist, librarian, diplomat, inventor, philosopher, self-aggrandizer, and social wag, Benjamin Franklin is one of the most fascinating characters in all of American history - a quality that was not lost on the man himself, as his autobiography makes plain.Avoiding the strife of the American Revolution entirely, Franklin focuses his incisive wit on the culture and society of colonial Philadelphia, weaving a mostly true mythology of humble origins and hard work that created the concepts of "The American Dream" and "the self-made man."Originally published in French in 1791, and translated into English and published in London in 1793, this is considered the great autobiography of life in colonial America.American icon BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790), born in Massachusetts to a British immigrant father and colonial mother, published the famour Poor Richards' Almanack," helped found the University of Pennsylvania, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States. Franklin's likeness adorns, among other things, the United States hundred-dollar bill |
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... never heard or saw the luctory words , “ Without vanity I may say , " etc. , me vain thing immediately followed . Most people e vanity in others , whatever share they have of mselves ; but I give it fair quarter wherever I with it ...
... never heard or saw the luctory words , “ Without vanity I may say , " etc. , me vain thing immediately followed . Most people e vanity in others , whatever share they have of mselves ; but I give it fair quarter wherever I with it ...
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... never employed in the latter , merous family he had to educate and the strait- f his circumstances keeping him close to his trade , remember well his being frequently visited by g men , who consulted him for his opinion in affairs and ...
... never employed in the latter , merous family he had to educate and the strait- f his circumstances keeping him close to his trade , remember well his being frequently visited by g men , who consulted him for his opinion in affairs and ...
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... never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness but that of which they died ; he at eighty - nine and she at eighty- five years of age . They lie buried together at Boston , where I some years since placed a marble over their ...
... never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness but that of which they died ; he at eighty - nine and she at eighty- five years of age . They lie buried together at Boston , where I some years since placed a marble over their ...
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... to improve my style . is time I met with an odd volume of the " Specta- I had never before seen any of them . I bought ad it over and over , and was much delighted with it . I thought the writing excellent , and wished THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
... to improve my style . is time I met with an odd volume of the " Specta- I had never before seen any of them . I bought ad it over and over , and was much delighted with it . I thought the writing excellent , and wished THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
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... never proceeded far in that science . I read about this time Locke " On Human Understand- ing " and " The Art of Thinking , " by Messrs . de Port- Royal . While I was intent on improving my language I met with an English grammar ( I ...
... never proceeded far in that science . I read about this time Locke " On Human Understand- ing " and " The Art of Thinking , " by Messrs . de Port- Royal . While I was intent on improving my language I met with an English grammar ( I ...
Contents
Section 13 | 221 |
Section 14 | 235 |
Section 15 | 237 |
Section 16 | 239 |
Section 17 | 258 |
Section 18 | 260 |
Section 19 | 264 |
Section 20 | 279 |
Section 9 | 152 |
Section 10 | 170 |
Section 11 | 190 |
Section 12 | 208 |
Section 21 | 282 |
Section 22 | 284 |
Section 23 | 312 |
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