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"On True Happiness", Pennsylvania Gazette (20 November 1735).įreedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government.Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us."Apology for Printers" (1730) later in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writings (1945) edited by Carl Van Doren.If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion" (1728).I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous. I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being."A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain" (1725)."What! bring ourselves down to an Equality with the Beasts of the Field! with the meanest part of the Creation! 'Tis insufferable!" But, (to use a Piece of common Sense) our Geese are but Geese tho' we may think 'em Swans and Truth will be Truth tho' it sometimes prove mortifying and distasteful. Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd: Whatever sooths our Pride, and tends to exalt our Species above the rest of the Creation, we are pleas'd with and easily believe, when ungrateful Truths shall be with the utmost Indignation rejected.ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment.Īs to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the System of Morals and His Religion, as He left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see but I apprehend it has received various corrupt changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to His divinity tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon. Franklin was foundational in defining the U.S. Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging U.S. He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and the University of Pennsylvania.įranklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, first as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the U.S. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Franklin replied: "A Republic, if you can keep it."īenjamin Franklin ( 17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A lady asked Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got-a Republic or a Monarchy?".
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