Benjamin Franklin and His EnemiesUniversity of California Press, 2023 M11 15 - 274 páginas In this engaging study of the much-loved statesman and polymath, Robert Middlekauff uncovers a little-known aspect of Benjamin Franklin's personality—his passionate anger. He reveals a fully human Franklin who led a remarkable life but nonetheless had his share of hostile relationships—political adversaries like the Penns, John Adams, and Arthur Lee—and great disappointments—the most significant being his son, William, who sided with the British. Utilizing an abundance of archival sources, Middlekauff weaves episodes in Franklin's emotional life into key moments in colonial and Revolutionary history. The result is a highly readable narrative that illuminates how historical passions can torment even the most rational and benevolent of men. |
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... things , and sat in the legislature at the same time , he served his city in various ways , getting its streets paved and lighted and establishing a fire department , a lending library , schools , and a hospital among other useful ...
... things , and sat in the legislature at the same time , he served his city in various ways , getting its streets paved and lighted and establishing a fire department , a lending library , schools , and a hospital among other useful ...
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... thing which has brought affliction to millions of boys since , whose fathers had read Frank- lin's pernicious biography . " Asceticism extended to early rising in the morning , with a boy " hounded to death and robbed of his natural ...
... thing which has brought affliction to millions of boys since , whose fathers had read Frank- lin's pernicious biography . " Asceticism extended to early rising in the morning , with a boy " hounded to death and robbed of his natural ...
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... Things of Socrates . The Socratic method reinforced his natural hunger for trapping his adversaries in positions they really did not wish to defend " entangling them in difficulties out of which they could not extricate themselves , and ...
... Things of Socrates . The Socratic method reinforced his natural hunger for trapping his adversaries in positions they really did not wish to defend " entangling them in difficulties out of which they could not extricate themselves , and ...
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... things he was a good friend to all sorts , ranks , and ages of people . He made friends all his life and with rare excep- tions kept them . When he was young , they tended to come from his own class , though he soon attracted the ...
... things he was a good friend to all sorts , ranks , and ages of people . He made friends all his life and with rare excep- tions kept them . When he was young , they tended to come from his own class , though he soon attracted the ...
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... things serious and frivolous . She returned his affection , responded to his questions with those of her own , teased him back , and knitted him garters . Thirty - two years later she would sit by his bedside in Philadelphia as he lay ...
... things serious and frivolous . She returned his affection , responded to his questions with those of her own , teased him back , and knitted him garters . Thirty - two years later she would sit by his bedside in Philadelphia as he lay ...
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The Irrational Mr Franklin | 55 |
The Triumph of the Enemies | 77 |
An Old Friend Becomes an Enemy | 115 |
Wedderburnes in France Arthur Lee and Ralph Izard | 139 |
John Adams | 171 |
No Love for Franklins Enemies | 203 |
Abbreviations and Short Titles | 215 |
Notes | 217 |
Index | 243 |
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