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Benjamin Franklin

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

"Ben Franklin" redirects here. For other uses, see Benjamin Franklin (disambiguation).

Benjamin Franklin

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Portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1785

In office
October 18, 1785 – November 5, 1788
Vice President
Preceded byJohn Dickinson
Succeeded byThomas Mifflin
In office
September 28, 1782 – April 3, 1783
Appointed byCongress of the Confederation
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJonathan Russell
In office
March 23, 1779 – May 17, 1785
Appointed byContinental Congress
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byThomas Jefferson
In office
July 26, 1775 – November 7, 1776
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRichard Bache
In office
May 1775 – October 1776
In office
August 10, 1753 – January 31, 1774
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVacant
In office
May 1764 – October 1764
Preceded byIsaac N
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Life of Benjamin Franklin
A Continuation of Franklin's Autobiography
by Jared Sparks

  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER I.

    State of Affairs in Pennsylvania. — Defects of the Government. — Legislation. — Conduct of the Proprietaries. — Object of Franklin's Agency in England. — Collinson, Miss Stevenson, Strahan, Governor Shirley Beccaria, Mussehenbroek. — Franklin's Interview with the Proprietaries. — He causes a Letter to be published respecting Pennsylvania. — Delays in his public Business. — He travels in various Parts of England. — Visits the Place in which his Ancestors were born. — Forms an Acquaintance with Baskerville. — Publishes the "Historical Review of Pennsylvania." — Authorship of that Work.

  • CHAPTER II.

    Franklin advises the Conquest of Canada. — His Scheme adopted by the Ministry. — Journey to Scotland. — Lord Kames, Robertson, Hume. — "Parable against Persecution." — First published by Lord Kames. — How far Franklin claimed to be its Author. — His Mission brought to a favorable Termination. — Lo

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    The Pessimist

    1 Nothing to do but work,
    2 Nothing to eat but food,
    3 Nothing to wear but clothes
    4 To keep one from going nude.

    5 Nothing to breathe but air
    6 Quick as a flash 't is gone;
    7 Nowhere to fall but off,
    8 Nowhere to stand but on.

    9 Nothing to comb but hair,
    10 Nowhere to sleep but in bed,
    11 Nothing to weep but tears,
    12 Nothing to bury but dead.

    13 Nothing to sing but songs,
    14 Ah, well, alas! alack!
    15 Nowhere to go but out,
    16 Nowhere to come but back.

    17 Nothing to see but sights,
    18 Nothing to quench but thirst,
    19 Nothing to have but what we've got;
    20 Thus thro' life we are cursed.

    21 Nothing to strike but a gait;
    22 Everything moves that goes.
    23 Nothing at all but common sense
    24 Can ever withstand these woes.

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    Benjamin Franklin King Quotes

    The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others

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