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Moffat EDITOR] DAYLIGHT SAVING FRANKLIN'S IDEA There was nothing of any significance in the affairs of mankind that escaped Benjamin Franklin's attention. ART DAYLIGHT SAVING FRANKLIN'S IDEA THERE WAS NOTHING OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MANKIND THAT ESCAPED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S ATTENTION
 Duplessis’s pastel portrait of Franklin on this page. This picture has a story. Duplessis made several portraits of Franklin; this seems to be the only one in pastel, the others being oil paintings. When Franklin was in France he lived at Passy, a suburb of Paris. A friend and neighbor was M. le Veillard, who frequently urged Franklin to write his memoirs. Franklin lent a willing ear, and it was his wish that his neighbor should translate the memoirs, when finished, into French. With that end in view, he turned over to M. le Veillard much auto-biographical material. This pastel portrait by Duplessis was made especially for M. le Veillard, and when that unfortunate gentleman met his death on the Revolutionary scaffold in 1794, the picture went to his daughter, and later came into the possession of Mr. John Bigelow, when he was United States Minister to France (1865-66). By him it was presented to the New York Public Library, and it now hangs in the trustees’ room. [Illustration: W. D.   SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THIS IS THE LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIVER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER VOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY LARRY WILSON THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VOLUME SIX NUMBER SEVEN SERIAL NUMBER ONE FIFTY FIVE MAY FIFTEENTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN BY ALBERT BUSHNEL H
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