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Moreover, he fed himself on the best literature; and this, too, was extraordinary for a boy in his position. MOREOVER HE FED HIMSELF ON THE BEST LITERATURE AND THIS TOO WAS EXTRAORDINARY FOR A BOY IN HIS POSITION
tters_ FIVE Franklin was a master of style. He had what critics call “a light touch”; and he had the rare faculty of making any subject interesting. 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.” TION SIX BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS MAN OF LETTERS FRANKLIN WAS A MASTER OF STYLE HE HAD WHAT CRITICS CALL A LIGHT TOUCH AND HE HAD THE RARE FACULTY OF MAKING ANY SUBJECT INTERESTING 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
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