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Description:The Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin is a generous sampling of the Founding Father's letters, essays, and fables. From the humorous and whimsical to the profound and inspiring, his writings portray a man of courage and character, a thinker well in advance of his time.This distinctive volume reveals the details of the legendary kite experiment and includes both "Franklin's Plan of Conduct" and the charming "Rules of Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion" (which begins "Your business is to shine; therefore, you must by all means prevent the shining of others"), as well as Franklin's political musings and his perceptive comments on issues of his day ("Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils"). The book also contains pungent extracts from his timeless Poor Richard's Almanac.Statesman, scientist, philosopher - Benjamin Franklin is the embodiment of the American spirit, forever engraved in the animals of his nation's history. His diverse talents have never been more readily apparent than in this handsome collection.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The wit & wisdom of Benjamin Franklin. To get started finding The wit & wisdom of Benjamin Franklin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin is a generous sampling of the Founding Father's letters, essays, and fables. From the humorous and whimsical to the profound and inspiring, his writings portray a man of courage and character, a thinker well in advance of his time.This distinctive volume reveals the details of the legendary kite experiment and includes both "Franklin's Plan of Conduct" and the charming "Rules of Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion" (which begins "Your business is to shine; therefore, you must by all means prevent the shining of others"), as well as Franklin's political musings and his perceptive comments on issues of his day ("Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils"). The book also contains pungent extracts from his timeless Poor Richard's Almanac.Statesman, scientist, philosopher - Benjamin Franklin is the embodiment of the American spirit, forever engraved in the animals of his nation's history. His diverse talents have never been more readily apparent than in this handsome collection.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The wit & wisdom of Benjamin Franklin. To get started finding The wit & wisdom of Benjamin Franklin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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