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  Children--Death of Wife and Second Marriage--The Folger Family--Name for Uncle Benjamin--Personal Beauty--


id: 13911
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  The Doctrine of the Lawfulness of Resistance to the Supreme Magistrate if the Commonwealth Can Not Otherwise be Preserved


id: 40236
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  La cause de tous les relâchemens vient de l''impunité des crimes, et non de la modération des peines


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id: 21348
title: Benjamin Franklin
author: Morse, John T., Jr. (John Torrey)
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  point in Franklin''s career where his important public services begin, at he wrote a letter, intended to induce Franklin''s father to advance the paper of this purport, binding personally upon Franklin and upon Mr. Charles, the resident agent of the province, was drawn up, and was duly Before dismissing this stay of Franklin in England a word should be said in session, and at once took into consideration the appointment of Dr. Franklin as its agent to present to the king in council another petition must have; but Franklin said that the colonies were, or very soon would New England confederacy, and Franklin approved the scheme and said that Congress to meet the admiral and the general, and Franklin, John Adams, at the time of Franklin''s appointment said nothing about borrowing At this same time Franklin wrote to Congress to explain how it had timely letter of Franklin to, 365;


id: 20203
title: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
author: Franklin, Benjamin
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  was bred to that business, having left my father, married, and set up in which I read abundantly, and I still think that time spent to great In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became At New York I found my friend Collins, who had arriv''d there some time carry over a great quantity of goods in order to open a store there. stationery, plenty of new types, a number of hands, tho'' none good, towards Vernon and Miss Read, which at times gave me great trouble, I one night, when, having impos''d[56] my forms, I thought my day''s work neighbours and old acquaintances had continued between me and Mrs. Read''s family, who all had a regard for me from the time of my first give him, in time, great influence in the House, which, indeed, continually full, for some time, with people who came to see these new


id: 29482
title: Benjamin Franklin
author: More, Paul Elmer
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  from lessons in generous living, Franklin may have had his natural On the way to Philadelphia Franklin had collected the money It was time for Franklin to come home and prepare for the great work Franklin reached Philadelphia some time in October, 1726, and found Among the books which Franklin had read in Boston were Shaftesbury and Franklin continued to use this form of worship for a number of years; Franklin was twenty-two years old when he began business with Meredith. Just about this time a friend in England sent Franklin specimens of the When the time comes we shall see that Franklin''s scientific fame was a Other positions came to Franklin in due time. Franklin reached London July 27, 1757, when he was fifty-one years old. colony, were to occupy Franklin''s and the other commissioners'' time. Franklin reached Philadelphia May 5, 1775; and what a home-coming it Franklin''s great work was done.


id: 16931
title: Four American Leaders
author: Eliot, Charles William
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  The nature of Franklin''s own education accounts for many of his opinions Washington as a man of homely virtues, giving our far-removed generation discipline of real life and the late age at which our educated young men world which gives most thought, time, and money to education, public Emerson taught that it is the office of art to educate the of the new tendencies in American education and social life, when he ultimate object of art in education is to teach men to see nature to be Emerson are fundamental; but the American institutions of education are to carry into practice Emerson''s wisdom of sixty years ago. In Emerson''s early days there was nothing in our schools and colleges In Emerson''s day, luxury in the present sense had hardly been developed and then must be rich." He foresaw the young man''s state of mind to-day The essence of Emerson''s teaching concerning man''s nature is compressed


id: 26442
title: True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin
author: Butterworth, Hezekiah
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  old New England times for a boy "to run away and go to sea." Little Benjamin looked up into the old man''s face and laid his hand on brute creation," said Uncle Benjamin to Abiah Franklin one day. "You are always saying good things about little Ben," said Abiah. "What did I tell you before Ben came in?" said Uncle Benjamin. "My little Jenny," said Josiah, "has the Franklin heart." Little Ben A Boston boy like young Franklin, among the pots and kettles of life, "Uncle Benjamin," he said, "a man who writes a book like Job leaves his "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin''s godfather. "Ben," said Josiah Franklin one day, "this is no place for you--you are THAT was a charmed life that little Ben Franklin led in the early days Josiah and Abiah Franklin had had great hopes of little Ben. The boy had


id: 30406
title: Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago
author: Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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  America, one hundred years ago, as the career of Franklin presents. Read--Voyage to England--Keith''s deceit--Ralph--Franklin enters a New marks of respect--Lord Loudoun--Gov. Denny and Franklin--Visit the Indians--Franklin commissioner to England--His constant good Boston--Letter of Mrs. Adams--Burning of Falmouth--Franklin''s journey An incident took place when Franklin was about seven years of age, Read--Voyage to England--Keith''s deceit--Ralph--Franklin Upon reaching Philadelphia, Franklin presented the letter of his intimate companions of Benjamin Franklin were young men of his own Franklin immediately applied for work at the great printing For nearly a year, Franklin thus continued in the employment of Mr. Palmer, receiving good wages and spending them freely. In the year 1779, Dr. Franklin wrote to Dr. Benjamin Vaughn respecting Rumors soon reached Franklin''s good father of Boston, of his son''s The father of Benjamin Franklin died in Boston, at the great age of Franklin wrote, to the people of Pennsylvania, a noble letter of


id: 13911
author: Hubbard, Elbert
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  February Twenty-second of the following year was born a man child and they younger in life a man makes the resolve to turn and live, the better for Long years ago when society was young, learning was centered in one man in the very richest men in the Colony--for at that time there was not a man At that time the rich men of New England were hurriedly making their way Thirty-three years after, hale old John Adams down at Quincy spoke of him John Quincy Adams was six years old when his father kissed him good-by and When eight years of age, his mother called him the little man of the then have gone right on, but his father was a Harvard man, and the New was twenty-nine and Samuel Adams fifty-two years old, but they became good friends, and Samuel once quietly said to John Adams, "That man Jay is

title:
  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen


id: 26295
title: The Printer Boy; Or, How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark An Example for Youth.
author: Thayer, William Makepeace
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  Benjamin crying over his Whistle--A Benefit--What Franklin said Put to Candle-making at Ten Years of Age--His Father a Tallowchandler--Benjamin opposed to it--Importance of Industry--His By this time Benjamin, who had said nothing in reply to their taunts present Boston little more than Benjamin Franklin blowing his whistle "I know that," said Benjamin; "and I shall try to master it, even if I After Benjamin had worked at cutlery a suitable time, his father went "That is a long time," said Benjamin; "but I shall do what you think attracted by Benjamin''s appearance, said to him: "Do you find time to "It is an excellent plan for boys to improve their minds," said Mr. Adams; "you will never regret spending your time in this way. "I tell you what it is, Benjamin," said James after having read them "I am convinced," said Benjamin, before his father had read all he


id: 9607
title: From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
author: Thayer, William Makepeace
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  the Captain--Benjamin''s Reply--His Letter Read by Governor Keith--His Ralph Going to England with Benjamin--Time to Sail--Governor Keith General''s Life--His Talk with Benjamin--Starting New Firm, Franklin By this time Benjamin, who had said nothing in reply to their taunts In like manner, the first months of Benjamin Franklin''s school days at home, in Philadelphia; in Boston I have a father, a good old man, James?" inquired his father, a short time after Benjamin left the "That is a long time," suggested Benjamin; "nine years ought to make It is said, also, that when Benjamin Franklin wanted to marry the A boy by the name of William Tinsley took the place of Benjamin in Mr. Franklin''s candle-shop. "I get some time to read," continued Benjamin, "and I mean to get James Franklin''s printing office, where Benjamin worked, was at the John Collins was more like Benjamin than other boys in Boston, and he


id: 11174
title: Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans
author: Baldwin, James
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  George Washington''s father, when a young man, had spent some time at There is also a little book, called _The Young Man''s Companion_, Not many boys twelve years old would care for such a book nowadays. And now for several years Washington lived the life of a country "Long live George Washington, President of the United States!" shouted Nearly two hundred years ago, there lived in Boston a little boy whose When Benjamin Franklin was a boy there were no great public schools in Three days after leaving Boston, young Franklin found himself in New "He is a young man of great promise," he said; "and he must be "I think that is a queer kind of kite," said Franklin''s little boy. "I was from the country, I said;--had studied law for two years; had When Daniel Webster was forty years old, the people of Boston elected


id: 36338
author: Franklin, Benjamin
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  little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful After some time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection of books, frequented our My father received the governor''s letter with some surprise, but said setting a youth up in business who wanted three years to arrive at man''s printing-house in Bartholomew Close, where I continued near a year. and my own towards Vernon and Miss Read, which at times gave me great scriveners; a good-natured, friendly, middle-aged man, a great lover of occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages Having been some time employed by the postmaster-general of America as Governor Hamilton having received this order, acquainted the house Besides these great principles, Franklin''s letters on electricity

title:
  Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader


id: 38469
title: The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes
author: Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
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  learned to write a good hand in a short time, but he could not manage With what book was Franklin at this time so much pleased? Franklin gave so pleasant an account of Philadelphia, that his old 1. At New York Franklin found his friend Collins, who had arrived 2. What attention did Franklin receive from the governor of New York? 2. This club answered many good purposes for a great length of time. 8. "My breakfast," says Franklin, "was for a long time bread and milk any other books, Franklin thought it would be a good means to Finding this took up too much time, Franklin refused to play 1. What advice did Franklin receive at this time? Franklin thought at one time of writing a letter in reply to the 1. What appointment did Franklin receive at this time. "This gave me occasion to observe," says Franklin, "that when men


id: 36897
author: Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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  The same thought is stated in a letter from Franklin to Robert Morris in pounds which had been due for three years." What Franklin''s letter to Mrs. Stevenson, which is dated Jan. 25, 1779, states is that he had been told _Letters from an American Farmer_, the grave talk of Franklin was as good to Franklin the next year two long letters containing the best account of In the second letter, Franklin states what in his opinion the people of the There is another good Indian story in the letter from Franklin to Richard At the same time, he had written a letter to Franklin In a letter to Lafayette, too, Franklin stated that the coasts of England At the time that this letter was written, Franklin had added to his Franklin, as Hume truly said, was the first great man of letters, for whom

title:
  Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume 2 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings


id: 36896
author: Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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  "free ships shall make free goods," Franklin said in a letter to J. man." If anyone doubts it, let him read the letters written by Franklin said, a letter to Mrs. Franklin on the subject, but had received the reply in a letter from Franklin to Deborah after his second return from England one of William Franklin''s letters that the friends of the family had such mentioned in Franklin''s letters to Deborah as sending Sally his love or beside this letter the words written by Franklin to him a few years later "good old friend." When news of his death reached Franklin in London in twenty-six years after the date of this letter, Franklin writes to Mrs. Greene: "Among the felicities of my life I reckon your friendship, which I Several times, in his letter, Franklin refers to Hawkesworth as the "good me, & I love them." In a later letter to William Franklin, he said, "I am

title:
  Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings


id: 40236
author: Franklin, Benjamin
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  draw in a good deal of fresh air, and, by letting them fall, force it the mean time, we should draw all the good we can from this world. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making greatest comforts of life to old people, I think their friends should Great Britain; this will soften a little, and, at the same time, appear generally well written and likely to do good: though the reading time of the degree of heat of boiling water increases the spring of the air Air moderately heated will support a greater quantity of water invisibly Seas, lakes, and great bodies of water, agitated by the winds, rises, as it will a little way, into air with water, there is instantly by means of a contact with other bodies, as air, water, or metals, the

title:
  Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2] With his Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader


id: 40704
title: Franklin: A Sketch
author: Bigelow, John
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  Franklin''s return to Philadelphia, the death of Mr Dunham put an end to Franklin, for the first time in his life, was in business for himself. In 1754 a war with France was impending, and Franklin, who by this time appointed Franklin as their agent to go to England and present their Franklin lost no time, after reaching London, in waiting upon Lord colonies." Franklin frankly told his lordship that this was new "Thus," wrote Franklin, a few days later, to Lord During this sojourn of five years in England, Franklin made many for July of that year "From this examination of Dr Franklin the reader Franklin to return to America as soon as convenient," and three days his three years'' service as president of Pennsylvania Franklin refused "You conceived, you say," wrote Franklin to him nine years after Times of Benjamin Franklin_, 2 vols., was published at New York in


id: 48138
author: Franklin, Benjamin
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  government may be formed in America, including all the said colonies, government, in order to give the people a share in this new general number of members to be chosen for each colony shall from time to secure our present frontiers, serve to defend new colonies settled each colony remain in their present state, the general constitution laid on the colonies by act of parliament, and paid by the people the colonies pay yearly great sums to the mother-country new colonies in North America in general, leaving the precise said royal grant, proprietary charter, and law of their colony, A hardy assertion, concerning the paper-money act passed by governor of Britain, by the increase of people in her colonies, the number governments; and their people having naturally great respect for government of Great Britain and the people of America. _Colonial_ governments in America of three kinds, iii.

title:
  The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 3 [of 3]


id: 48136
author: Franklin, Benjamin
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  power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity, and in Besides these great principles, Franklin''s letters on electricity matter, each having its own natural quantity of the electrical fluid. and it will receive from the wire a quantity of the electrical fluid; Relation between Metals and Water.--Effects of Air in electrical Relation between Metals and Water.--Effects of Air in electrical _Query_, What are the effects of air in electrical experiments? the electric glass globe, through the prime conductor: when charged, were charged from the glass globe, the electric fluid streaming from the quantity of electric fluid, on the positive side of the glass, is _Beccaria''s Work on Electricity.--Sentiments of Franklin on pointed _Beccaria''s Work on Electricity.--Sentiments of Franklin on pointed Electricity.--Good Effect of a Rod on the House of Mr. West, of Electricity.--Good Effect of a Rod on the House of Mr. West, of _Experiments_, to show the electrical effect of points, i.

title:
  The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 [of 3]


id: 36376
author: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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  Honest Ben never courted a young man because he was rich, or the son in the old school-house, Ben observed that he thought it a great pity And pray, sir, answered Ben, do you know any young man of your Well, said the old lady, I dreamed last night, that a little man just As Ben took up his book to go away, the old lady said, stop a minute, cents'' worth of daily bread and water, that young Ben Franklin "Why you know, my dear father," replied Ben, "that I could not live knows, Ben, for God is good, my son, who knows but that a fate like "Father," said Ben with a sigh, "I know that many people here in Boston Here good old Josias began to darken; and looking at Ben with great Franklin is the man." Hereupon great attention was paid to Ben. And he

title:
  The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers


id: 43809
title: Benjamin Franklin and the First Balloons
author: Franklin, Benjamin
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  The documents which I publish are copies of Franklin''s letters, made on thin paper in a copying press (probably the rotary machine invented of the letters appear in Sparks'' edition of Franklin''s Works, and that he printed one letter from my copy, and he noted how the other paragraphs, capital letters or the old spelling,[2] Smyth follows the after the Fireworks we had a Balloon of about 5 feet Diameter filled This Method of filling the Balloon with hot Air is cheap and This Balloon of only 26 feet diameter being filled with Air ten times Charles & Robert''s Experiment, which was to have been made at this Day, the other press-copies and the letters as printed by Bigelow and Smyth "A hot air balloon carrying animals", as there is one in every "A hot air balloon carrying animals", as there is one in every


