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Franklin was rather tall (about five feet ten inches), corpulent and heavy, with rounded shoulders. FRANKLIN WAS RATHER TALL ABOUT FIVE FEET TEN INCHES CORPULENT AND HEAVY WITH ROUNDED SHOULDERS
 socially, his scientific and philosophical tastes were precisely those in fashion in France. How did this man attain to such power and eminence? At twenty-three he was half-educated and crude. At forty he was known as one of the most famous scientists of the day and a brilliant writer; and before he was fifty he had received the Copley medal from the Royal Society; the freedom of the City of Edinburgh; LL.D. from the University of St. Andrews; degrees from Harvard, Yale, and William and Mary; and, in 1762, D.C.L. from Oxford. What were the characteristics and the tastes, and what was the disposition and the appearance of the extraordinary personage who accomplished all these things? These are questions that are naturally asked. We never think of Franklin in his youth. We picture him according to the Duplessis (dew-ples′-see) portrait painted in Paris when he was seventy-two; or, according to the old prints that show him wearing the familiar old fur cap and the heavy-rimmed spectacles.  AND THE POPULAR THING SOCIALLY HIS SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL TASTES WERE PRECISELY THOSE IN FASHION IN FRANCE HOW DID THIS MAN ATTAIN TO SUCH POWER AND EMINENCE AT TWENTY THREE HE WAS HALF EDUCATED AND CRUDE AT FORTY HE WAS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCIENTISTS OF THE DAY AND A BRILLIANT WRITER AND BEFORE HE WAS FIFTY HE HAD RECEIVED THE COPLEY MEDAL FROM THE ROYAL SOCIETY THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH L L D FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT ANDREW'S DEGREES FROM HARVARD YALE AND WILLIAM AND MARY AND IN SEVENTEEN SIXTY TWO D C L FROM OXFORD WHAT WERE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE TASTES AND WHAT WAS THE DISPOSITION AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAGE WHO ACCOMPLISHED ALL THESE THINGS THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE NATURALLY ASKED WE NEVER THINK OF FRANKLIN IN HIS YOUTH WE PICTURE HIM ACCORDING TO THE DUPLECY PORTRAIT PAINTED IN PARIS WHEN HE WAS SEVENTY TWO OR ACCORDING TO THE OLD PRINCE THAT SHOW HIM WEARING THE FAMILIAR OLD FUR CAP AND THE HEAVY RIMMED SPECTACLES
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