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He was indispensable. If the British had carried out their cheerful project of hanging Sam Adams, Patrick Henry would have continued to breathe out the flame of Liberty. HE WAS INDISPENSABLE IF THE BRITISH HAD CARRIED OUT THEIR CHEERFUL PROJECT OF HANGING SAM ADAMS PATRICK HENRY WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO BREATHE OUT THE FLAME OF LIBERTY
the postoffice at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1918, by The Mentor Association, Inc. _MENTOR GRAVURES_ THE YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1723 THE MATURE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1777 FRANKLIN DRAWING ELECTRICITY FROM THE SKY [Illustration] _MENTOR GRAVURES_ FRANKLIN BEFORE THE LORDS OF WHITEHALL, LONDON, 1775 DRAFTING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FRANKLIN AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, 1778 [Illustration] [Illustration: FRANKLIN From an engraving after a painting by Duplessis TRANSLATION OF THE INSCRIPTION--“Honor of the New World and Humanity, this true and amiable sage guides and enlightens them; like another Mentor, he hides in the common eye a divinity, beneath the features of a mortal.”--_M. Feutry._] Think of an American Revolution without Benjamin Franklin! As well think of English Literature without Shakespeare, a Civil War without Lincoln. Franklin _was_ the Revolution itself. That is, he prepared the way for it, represented it, infused it with his lively spirit.  SECTION EIGHT OF THE MINTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THIS IS THE LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY LARRY WILSON THE MINTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VOLUME SIX NUMBER SEVEN SERIAL NUMBER ONE FIFTY FIVE MAY FIFTEENTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN BY ALBERT BUSHNEL HART FRANKLIN IN MASSACHUSETTS THINK OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION WITHOUT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS WELL THINK OF ENGLISH LITERATURE WITHOUT SHAKESPEARE A CIVIL WAR WITHOUT LINCOLN FRANKLIN WAS THE REVOLUTION ITSELF THAT IS HE PREPARED THE WAY FOR IT REPRESENTED IT INFUSED IT WITH HIS LIVELY SPIRIT
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