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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... . Under him I learned to a good hand pretty soon , but I failed entirely in netic . At ten years old I was taken to help my in his business , which was that of a tallow- chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
... . Under him I learned to a good hand pretty soon , but I failed entirely in netic . At ten years old I was taken to help my in his business , which was that of a tallow- chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
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... soon and clean . Often I sat up in my chamber ng the greatest part of the night when the book orrowed in the evening and to be returned in the ng , lest it should be found missing . er some time a merchant , an ingenious , sensible Mr ...
... soon and clean . Often I sat up in my chamber ng the greatest part of the night when the book orrowed in the evening and to be returned in the ng , lest it should be found missing . er some time a merchant , an ingenious , sensible Mr ...
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... soon after I pro- cured Xenophon's " Memorable Things of Socrates , ' wherein there are many examples of the same method . I was charmed with it , adopted it , dropped my abrupt contradictions and positive argumentation , and put on the ...
... soon after I pro- cured Xenophon's " Memorable Things of Socrates , ' wherein there are many examples of the same method . I was charmed with it , adopted it , dropped my abrupt contradictions and positive argumentation , and put on the ...
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... soon bring myself into scrapes ; and further , that my indiscreet disputations about religion began to make me pointed at with horror by good people as an infidel and atheist . I concluded , therefore , to remove to New York ; but my ...
... soon bring myself into scrapes ; and further , that my indiscreet disputations about religion began to make me pointed at with horror by good people as an infidel and atheist . I concluded , therefore , to remove to New York ; but my ...
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... we joined utchman , who was still wet , and the spray , break- wer the head of our boat , leaked through to us , so ve were soon almost as wet as he . In this manner we lay all night , with very little rest ; THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
... we joined utchman , who was still wet , and the spray , break- wer the head of our boat , leaked through to us , so ve were soon almost as wet as he . In this manner we lay all night , with very little rest ; THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
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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