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When the report of Franklin's death reached Paris, he received, among other marks of respect, this significant honor by one of the revolutionary clubs: in the café where the members met, his bust was crowned with oak-leaves, and on the pedestal below was engraved the single word VIR. This simple encomium, calling to mind Napoleon's This is a man after meeting Goethe, sums up better than a volume of eulogy what Franklin was in his own day and what his life may still signify to us. He acted at one time as a commander of troops, yet cannot be called a soldier; he was a. | Benjamin Franklin by Paul Elmer More 1 Benjamin Franklin by Paul Elmer More The Project Gutenberg EBook of Benjamin Franklin by Paul Elmer More This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Benjamin Franklin Author Paul Elmer More Release Date July 22 2009 EBook 29482 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. The Riverside Biographical Series 1. ANDREW JACKSON by W. G. BROWN. 2. JAMES B. EADS by LOUIS HOW. 3. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN by PAUL E. More. 4. PETER COOPER by R. W. RAYMOND. 5. THOMAS JEFFERSON by H. C. MErWiN. 6. WILLIAM PENN by GEORGE hOdGES. 7. GENERAL GRANT by WALTER ALLEN. 8. LEWIS AND CLARK by WILLIAM R. LIGHTON. 9. JOHN MARSHALL by JAMES B. Benjamin Franklin by Paul Elmer More 2 THAYER. 10. ALEXANDER HAMILTON by CHAS. A. CONANT. 11. WASHINGTON IRVING by H. W. BOYNTON. 12. PAUL JONES by HUTcHiNS HAPGOOD. 13. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS by W. G. BROWN. 14. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN by H. D. SEDGWICK Jr. Each about 140 pages 16mo with photogravure portrait 65 cents net School Edition each 50 cents net. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK The Riverside Biographical Series NUMBER 3 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN By PAUL ELMER MORE BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT 1900 BY PAUL E. MORE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. EARLY DAYS IN BOSTON 1 II. BEGINNINGS IN PHILADELPHIA AND FIRST VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 22 III. RELIGIOUS JUNTO 37 IV. THE SCIENTIST AND PUBLIC CITIZEN IN PHILADELPHIA 52 V. FIRST AND SECOND MISSIONS TO ENGLAND 85 VI. MEMBER OF CONGRESS--ENVOY TO FRANCE 109

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