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On the other hand, it was Franklin's cool sagacity that convinced first the French and then the British that there was an America; that several million people were determined to cling together as a nation. ON THE OTHER HAND IT WAS FRANKLIN'S COOL SAGACITY THAT CONVINCED FIRST THE FRENCH AND THEN THE BRITISH THAT THERE WAS IN AMERICA THAT SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE WERE DETERMINED TO CLING TOGETHER AS A NATION
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. 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. Washington and Franklin, however, were unique figures. Without the courage, faith and personal leadership of Washington, the army would have gone to pieces at Valley Forge, and the United States of America would have been postponed. N 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 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 WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN HOWEVER WERE UNIQUE FIGURES WITHOUT THE COURAGE FAITH AND PERSONAL LEADERSHIP OF WASHINGTON THE ARMY WOULD HAVE GONE TO PIECES AT VALLEY FORGE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTPONED
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