AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN |
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... Hume called Franklin " the first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters " in the new world ; on the very eve of that struggle, Samuel Johnson, in his astonishing pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny, described him as " a mus- ...
... Hume called Franklin " the first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters " in the new world ; on the very eve of that struggle, Samuel Johnson, in his astonishing pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny, described him as " a mus- ...
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He had written on various subjects, and one pamphlet on paper money had attracted wide attention. He had also, reviving his love of the Spectator, begun a series of essays in which he endeavored to teach without being didactic, ...
He had written on various subjects, and one pamphlet on paper money had attracted wide attention. He had also, reviving his love of the Spectator, begun a series of essays in which he endeavored to teach without being didactic, ...
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He studied electricity to such purpose that his pamphlet published in 1751 received attention throughout the scientific world, was translated in several languages, and won him an election to the Royal Society of London, and, later, ...
He studied electricity to such purpose that his pamphlet published in 1751 received attention throughout the scientific world, was translated in several languages, and won him an election to the Royal Society of London, and, later, ...
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... pamphlets poured from his active mind in an almost continuous stream. And this voluminous production was characterized in every form by transparent clearness, directness, simplicity, and humor. In 1771, during a visit to Twyford as ...
... pamphlets poured from his active mind in an almost continuous stream. And this voluminous production was characterized in every form by transparent clearness, directness, simplicity, and humor. In 1771, during a visit to Twyford as ...
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There fell lately into my hands, in London, a collection he had made of all the principal political pamphlets relating to public affairs from the year 1641 to 1717. Many of the volumes are wanting, as appears by their numbering; ...
There fell lately into my hands, in London, a collection he had made of all the principal political pamphlets relating to public affairs from the year 1641 to 1717. Many of the volumes are wanting, as appears by their numbering; ...
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