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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. 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
test 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. “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. APHY 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 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
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