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Franklin greatly enjoyed seeing the English take this seriously. It was copied widely. So was another satire of 1773, called "Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One," descriptive of the British government. FRANKLIN GREATLY ENJOYED SEEING THE ENGLISH TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY IT WAS COPIED WIDELY SO WAS ANOTHER SATIRE OF SEVENTEEN SEVENTY THREE CALLED RULES FOR REDUCING A GREAT EMPIRE TO A SMALL ONE DESCRIPTIVE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
, 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. “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. Franklin was very fond of paraphrasing the Bible in a humorous way, and fond of hoaxes, like the “Edict of the King of Prussia,” in which he made Frederick the Great claim a right to the Kingdom of Great Britain, because the British Isles were originally Anglo-Saxon colonies; and, having reached a flourishing condition, deserved to be levied upon.  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 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 FRANKLIN WAS VERY FOND OF PARAPHRASING THE BIBLE IN A HUMOROUS WAY AND FOND OF HOAXES LIKE THE EDICT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA IN WHICH HE MADE FREDERICK THE GREAT CLAIM A RIGHT TO THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN BECAUSE THE BRITISH ISLES WERE ORIGINALLY ANGLO SAXON COLONIES AND HAVING REACHED A FLOURISHING CONDITION DESERVED TO BE LEVIED UPON
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