The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of This Great Man Never Before Published by Any of His Biographers
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (566 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B0XLEF6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 281 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Preeminent American" according to MFlynn. Parson Weems was far from objective, but his book is an entertaining representation of how Franklin was viewed a few decades after his death. To Weems, Washington and Franklin were preeminent. Much of the book is quoted from Franklin's writing.
a little Frank. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, president of the american philosophical society; fellow of the royal society of edinburgh, london and paris; governor of the state of pennsylvania; and minister plenipotentiary from the united states to the court of france, was the son of an obscure tallow-chandler and soap-boiler, of Boston, where he was born on the 17th day of January, 1706. 'Tis the lot but of few to inherit both of these advantages. The hero of this work was one of that favoured number. As to his physiognomy, there was in it such an air of wisdom and philanthropy, and consequently such an expression of majesty and sweetness, as charms, even in the commonest pictures of him. As the living flame does not more naturally tend upwards than does every virtue to exalt its possessors, these little Franks were soon promoted to be great men, such as justices of the peace, knights of the shire, and other such names of high renown. DR. Among the victors were some regiments of Franks, who distinguished themselves by their valor