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"A Dissertation on Liberty, Necessity, and Pain," and "A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of Paper Currency" are hardly alluring; but these papers are full of shrewd reasoning and common sense  qualities that are conspicuous in all his future writings. Franklin's newspaper articles were a splendid preparation for his political work. A DISSERTATION ON LIBERTY NECESSITY AND PAIN AND A MODEST INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND NECESSITY OF PAPER CURRENCY ARE HARDLY ALLURING BUT THESE PAPERS ARE FULL OF SHREWD REASONING AND COMMON SENSE QUALITIES THAT ARE CONSPICUOUS IN ALL HIS FUTURE WRITINGS FRANKLIN'S NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WERE A SPLENDID PREPARATION FOR HIS POLITICAL WORK
s! How did he acquire this wonderful skill, this clear and beautiful language which dropped so easily from his pen, however dry the theme? No matter what essay, what letter, what political pamphlet, or what year of “Poor Richard” we may pick up, we are always held by Franklin’s magic personality. His “Autobiography” is considered one of the greatest works of its kind ever written. A careful study of the third volume of Addison’s “Spectator,” and experimenting with it in various ways, seems to have been the beginning of Franklin’s literary education. It was a queer task for a young boy--particularly one of an uncultured family--to impose upon himself; but he tells us that he was encouraged, for, “I thought I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.” Moreover, he fed himself on the best literature; and this, too, was extraordinary for a boy in his position. Some of his early essays, published in pamphlet form, have very dry titles. HE EVEN WROTE CHARMINGLY ABOUT STOVES HOW DID HE ACQUIRE THIS WONDERFUL SKILL THIS CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE WHICH DROPPED SO EASILY FROM HIS PEN HOWEVER DRY THE THEME NO MATTER WHAT ESSAY WHAT LETTER WHAT POLITICAL PAMPHLET OR WHAT YEAR OF POOR RICHARD WE MAY PICK UP WE ARE ALWAYS HELD BY FRANKLIN'S MAGIC PERSONALITY HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF ITS KIND EVER WRITTEN A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE THIRD VOLUME OF ADDISON'S SPECTATOR AND EXPERIMENTING WITH IT IN VARIOUS WAYS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE BEGINNING OF FRANKLIN'S LITERARY EDUCATION IT WAS A QUEER TASK FOR A YOUNG BOY PARTICULARLY ONE OF AN UNCULTURED FAMILY TO IMPOSE UPON HIMSELF BUT HE TELLS US THAT HE WAS ENCOURAGED FOR I THOUGHT I MIGHT POSSIBLY IN TIME COME TO BE A TOLERABLE ENGLISH WRITER OF WHICH I WAS EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS MOREOVER HE FED HIMSELF ON THE BEST LITERATURE AND THIS TOO WAS EXTRAORDINARY FOR A BOY IN HIS POSITION SOME OF HIS EARLY ESSAYS PUBLISHED IN PAMPHLET FORM HAVE VERY DRY TITLES
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